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CAMP PENDLETON, CA - JANUARY 24: Colonel Peter B. Baumgarten, Commanding Officer of the 1st Marine Regiment salutes the flag during a ceremony celebrating the Camp Pendleton-based infantry unit's 100th Anniversary Friday. ///ADDITIONAL INFO: 0124.regiment.kjs --- Photo by KEVIN SULLIVAN / Orange County Register -- 1/24/14 The 1st Marine Regiment will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding by hosting a ceremony for active duty and veteran Marines and Sailors who served in the Camp Pendleton-based infantry unit. The ceremony will unite current and former Service members as they rededicate their battle colors with awards and campaign streamers earned by the regiment in places such as Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Haiti, China and Iraq. 1/24/14 (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)