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In July 1950 the “A” Company from the 1st Marine Tank Battalion was the first to deploy to South Korea to take action against the invasion from the north. On August 2, 1950 “A” Company arrived in Pusan and entered combat almost immediately. In the mean time the rest of the battalion arrived in South Korea and “A” Company rejoined them for the amphibious landing at Inchon. The 1st TB was engaged in the Korean War for 3 years. Even when an armistice was signed in July 1953 the 1st TB remained in South Korea as a garrison force until it was redeployed to Camp Pendleton with the first company leaving in February 1955.