FILE -In this July 14, 1969 file photo, banners of appreciation from the Vietnamese decorate the dock at
Danang, Vietnam, where a farewell ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Government for departing Marines
of the 1st Battalion/9th Regiment. The Marine Corps is holding a deactivation ceremony on Friday, Aug.
29, 2014, for the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, a battalion nicknamed the
“Walking Dead.”