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Established in 1801, Marine Barracks Washington, is the "Oldest Post of the Corps" and has been the residence of every commandant of the Marine Corps since 1806. The selection of the site for the Barracks was a matter of personal interest to President Thomas Jefferson, who rode through Washington with Lt. Col. William Ward Burrows, the second commandant of the Marine Corps, in search of a suitable location. The site now occupied was approved due to its proximity to the Washington Navy Yard and because it was within easy marching distance of the Capitol.

Marine Barracks, 8th and I

Washington, D.C.

Archive: December, 2005

Korean War veteran, MOH recipient laid to rest

Col. Reginald R. Myers (ret.) passed away at a hospice in West Palm Beach, Fla. Oct. 23. from the effects of a stroke. Myers, who was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery Dec.21, received the Medal of Honor in the Korean War for leading a small, improvised unit of 250 men, in an attack against an entrenched force of 4,000 Chinese troops