 Complete the following phrase:  The unit was first activated during World War II, being formed on February 1, 1943, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, under the designation of Headquarters Company, 3d Separate Battalion. Later during the year, the battalion was relocated to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, and redesignated as the 3rd Battalion 24th Marine Regiment, and assigned to the 4th Marine Division. During 1944, 324 was deployed to the Marshall Islands and participated in the 