05/12/2014: The establishment of a Marine Corps Rotational Force in Australia is unfolding in a long history of the Aussie-US relationship.
Here the memory of Coral Sea is highlighted.
DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia – Lieutenant Col. Keven Matthews, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, speaks at the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea May 9, 2014.
The Marine Corps played a key role alongside the Australian Defence Force to defeat the Japanese in 1942.
Credit: MRF-D:5/9/14