The mission of the History and Museums Division is to collect, collate,
analyze, and display the cumulative operational and institutional
experiences of the U.S. Marine Corps. In this endeavor, its first
priority is to help orient, educate, and train Marines to accomplish
their mission, and to inform the American public about what it is that
we Marines do. The collection phase falls to the Field History Branch,
which comprises a handful of Reserve historians and combat artists.
Their job is to observe and document military operations at first hand.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the field historians and combat
artists served in theater with their supported units, under wartime
conditions. Once attention has shifted from Iraq and new conflicts
arise, the interviews, documents, photographs and artwork collected and
created by these Marines will serve as permanent reminders of the
efforts and achievements of individual Marines and their units. In
recognition of their efforts during Operations Enduring...