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Author : David J. Ulbrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Thomas Holcomb and the Advent of the Marine Corps Defense Battalion, 1936-1941 written by David J. Ulbrich and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David J. Ulbrich
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781495225970
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (259 download)
Download or read book Thomas Holcomb and the Advent of the Marine Corps Defense Battalion, 1936-1941 written by David J. Ulbrich and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians of the Marine Corps have conducted significant research on the development of the Fleet Marine Force's amphibious assault mission. However, little has been written about the evolution of the defense battalion. From 1900 until 1940, advanced base defense's significance in Naval strategy surpassed or equaled amphibious assault. During 1940 and 1941, establishing defense battalions fell to the Corps' second priority. Likewise, few studies have examined Thomas Holcomb. As Commandant from 1936 through 1943, he installed the Corps as the premier seaborne support force and supervised its massive expansion. Commandant Thomas Holcomb was an excellent strategist, manager, and publicist. Understanding his actions will help illuminate the mentality and institutions of the military and government prior to World War II. The defense battalion provides a case study for examining Holcomb's leadership. Defense battalions also clearly found their roots in long standing advanced base defense theory. As Commandant from 1936 to 1943, Holcomb directed the Corps' expansion including the creation of the heavily armed defense battalion. On a tactical level, planners designed these units to defend island outposts against air, sea, and amphibious assaults Likewise, in holding island bases in the central and western Pacific, defense battalions fit into the grand strategy of the United States Navy. They comprised one half of the Corps' dual missions: amphibious assault and base defense. Finally, defense battalions served an equally pivotal public relations function Holcomb struggled to market the Marine Corps as a vital and unique branch of the American military. Serious challenges confronted Commandant Thomas Holcomb. For example, he was plagued by lack of funds, promotion stagnation, slow supply lines, and the isolationist tendencies of Congress and the American public. Throughout this study, the Corps' complete dependence on outside forces becomes abundantly clear. Sometimes Holcomb benefited from events beyond his control. Other times, he fought to turn seemingly damaging events into advantages for the Corps.
Author : John C. Fredriksen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598845438
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The United States Marine Corps written by John C. Fredriksen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey profiles one of history's greatest fighting forces, on land, sea, and air. The United States Marine Corps: A Chronology, 1775 to the Present touches upon all aspects of the Continental and U.S. Marine Corps since their inception. All major battles in all major wars are covered, along with innumerable smaller clashes and deployments abroad. The evolution of amphibious doctrine, so essential to Marine Corps activity in the 20th and 21st centuries, is likewise covered in detail, along with the rise of Marine Corps aviation. Through a diary of daily occurrences proffered in the context of greater historical events, this chronology captures the entire sweep of U.S. Marine Corps history. It follows the Corps from the American Revolution to the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli, through World Wars I and II, and up to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan. Entries delineate battlefield events, but also significant political and administrative changes that have affected the Marines. Notable events in the careers of generals and other individuals are included as well.
Author : David J Ulbrich
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612514103
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Preparing for Victory written by David J Ulbrich and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing for Victory explains how and why Commandant Thomas Holcomb successfully supervised the dramatic expansion of the Marine Corps from 18,000 officers and men in 1936 to 385,000 in 1943. Not only did Holcomb leave the Corps much larger, but he also helped establish it as the United States’ premier amphibious assault force and a major contributor to victory over Japan. Despite Holcomb’s successes, he has been ignored or given short shrift in most histories of the Marine Corps. No book-length study of his commandancy exists until now. Drawing on a wide range of printed and archival sources, my book contends that Holcomb expertly guided the Corps’ preparations for war during the last years of the Great Depression and then provided his “Leathernecks” with astute direction during the first harrowing twenty-five months of World War II. When measured with principles of organization theory and leadership studies, Holcomb’s abilities and achievements match those of such outstanding American military managers as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chester W. Nimitz, and George C. Marshall. Like these unassuming yet efficient officers, Holcomb shied away from the limelight and therefore never garnered the attention that “Chesty” Puller or “Howlin’ Mad” Smith have. This book fills a void and tells the story of one of the key leaders in World War II. More than any other marine, Holcomb molded his Corps into the modern force-in-readiness that would eventually help fight the Cold War and the Global War on Terror.
Author : Groen Michael S.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 035919768X
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (591 download)
Download or read book With The 1st Marine Division In Iraq, 2003 written by Groen Michael S. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003: No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy"The events chronicled here capture the story of the Marines of the "Blue Diamond" as they prepared for war, conquered and army, and liberated a nation. From across America and beyond, they chose the demanding path, to become Marines. These Marines marched in the ranks of this national treasure that we call the 1st Marine Division. And, at a time when timid souls or cynical pundits grew loudest, these men shouldered their weapons and moved without hesitation against the enemy. Our victory was not inevitable. It was the courage, unselfishness, and skill of the young men of Blue Diamond to whom we owe our victory."
Author : Michael S. Groen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003 written by Michael S. Groen and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This] is a narrative describing the actions of Marines in combat during the liberation of Iraq ... Blue Diamond, the 1st Division's Operation Iraqi Freedom nom de guerre, consisted of some 20,000 Marines and Sailors and 8,000 vehicles organized into three regimental combat teams ... '[This] is not a story of each of them, but the story of all of them' ... " -- Foreword.
Author : Charles D. Melson
Publisher : Marine Corps
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Marine Advisors with the Vietnamese Marine Corps written by Charles D. Melson and published by Marine Corps. This book was released on 2009 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price The period after World War II saw a number of associated Marine Corps formed in the republics of China, Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. They had been founded, with the help of foreign military aid, to fight the various conflicts to contain communist expansion in the region. Also present at various times were other Marines from the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain. The beginnings of the Cold War witnessed this proliferation of amphibious forces in Asia, in part because of the reputation the U.S. Marines had earned in the cross Pacific drive against Japan and in other postwar confrontations. This publication is about one of these, the Vietnamese Marine Corps or Thuy Quan Luc Chien (TQLC). This occasional paper provides documents on the topics of the Vietnamese Marines and the U.S. Marine Advisory Unit from this period. Marine Corps History Division Occasional Paper. Prepared by the U.S. Marine Advisory Unit, Naval Advisory Group. Compiled and edited by Charles D. Melson and Wanda J. Renfrow. Related products: Mounted Combat in Vietnam is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00574-3 Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960 (Paperback) is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00508-5 Military Communications: A Test for Technology (Paperbound) is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-020-01035-9 Other products produced by the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps (USMC) can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/922 "
Author : U.S. Marine Corps History Office
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304120716
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Marine Advisors with the Vietnamese Marine Corps: Selected Documents prepared by the U.S. Marine Advisory Unit, Naval Advisory Group written by U.S. Marine Corps History Office and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-09 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Marines as advisors have a long history, from Presley O'Bannon atTripoli through Iraq and Afghanistan via Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, and Vietnam. While most Marines think of the Vietnamese Marine Corps as the primary advisory experience during that conflict, others served with various other advisory programs with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Joint Special Operations, and U.S. Civil Operations and Rural Development Support. One of these is the subject of this study: Marine advisors with the Vietnamese Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs). This narrative is a combination of experience, research, and reflection. While other journalistic or academic accounts have been published, this is a narrative of participants. Many historians consider the two most effective counterinsurgency organizations employed during the Vietnam War to have been the PRU and USMC Combined Action Platoons (CAP)
Author : Andrew R. Finlayson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105056007
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Marine Advisors with the Vietnamese Provincial Reconnaissance Units, 1966-1970 written by Andrew R. Finlayson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most Marines think of the Vietnamese Marine Corps as the primary advisory experience during that conflict, Marines served with other programs. One of these is the subject of this study: Marine advisors with the Vietnamese Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs). This narrative is a combination of experience, research, and reflection.While other journalistic or academic accounts have been published, this is a narrative of participants. Many historians consider the two most effective counterinsurgency organizations employed during the VietnamWar to have been the PRU and USMC Combined Action Platoons (CAP). The author believes that both of these programs have applicability in any counterinsurgency where U.S. forces are called upon to assist a host government. (Originally published by the History Division, USMC)
Author : Shawn P. Callahan
Publisher : Marine Corps Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh written by Shawn P. Callahan and published by Marine Corps Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters include the Hill Battles of 1967, The Seige of 1968, Operation Pegasus and the Relief of Khe Sanh, the Deep Air Battle and the B-52, Radar Controlled Tactical Air Support, Close Air Support, and Conclusions. Mixed within the text are black and white photographs, charts, and figures. An appendix with a glossary and acronym of terms and extensive bibliography support this occasional paper work. These "Occasional Papers" are chosen for intrinsic worth, must reflect structured research, present a contribution to historical knowledge not readily available in published sources, and reflect original content on the part of the author, compiler, or editor.
Author : Shawn P. Callahan
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160872563
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh written by Shawn P. Callahan and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marine Corps Historical Center (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Writing guide written by Marine Corps Historical Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Passport written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melton A. McLaurin
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807898627
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Marines of Montford Point written by Melton A. McLaurin and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina. Between 1942 and 1949 (when the base was closed as a result of President Truman's 1948 order fully desegregating all military forces) more than 20,000 men trained at Montford Point, most of them going on to serve in the Pacific Theatre in World War II as members of support units. This book, in conjunction with the documentary film of the same name, tells the story of these Marines for the first time. Drawing from interviews with 60 veterans, The Marines of Montford Point relates the experiences of these pioneers in their own words. From their stories, we learn about their reasons for enlisting; their arrival at Montford Point and the training they received there; their lives in a segregated military and in the Jim Crow South; their experiences of combat and service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; and their legacy. The Marines speak with flashes of anger and humor, sometimes with sorrow, sometimes with great wisdom, and always with a pride fostered by incredible accomplishment in the face of adversity. This book serves to recognize and to honor the men who desegregated the Marine Corps and loyally served their country in three major wars.
Author : David J. Ulbrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780394466
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (944 download)
Download or read book Thomas Holcomb and the Advent of the Marine Corps Defense Battallion 1936-1991 written by David J. Ulbrich and published by . This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Ulbrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781475273885
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Thomas Holcomb and the Advent of the Marine Corps Defense Battalion written by David Ulbrich and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-28 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David J. Ulbrich examined a portion of the Commandancy of Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb from 1936 to 1943 to illustrate this when Holcomb took over the Marine Corps it numbered 17,239 officers and men. The fleet Marine Force consisted of two brigades of 1,500 men, with no heavy artillery or armor, and about nine squadrons of aircraft...This short book tells the story in depth and in interesting detail... a must for any military history fan or Marine - Semper Fi!
Author : Cameron D. McCoy
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700635777
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Contested Valor written by Cameron D. McCoy and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contested Valor is a challenging examination of the use and status of black Marines in United States military service during the Cold War era. These pioneering men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question. Efforts to undermine their service compromised their right to be counted among the elite and sidelined their story to the fringes of Marine Corps and U.S. history. Cameron McCoy describes the factors and pressures leading to the racial turbulence that surfaced in the Marine Corps from the end of World War II through Vietnam, and the measures taken by civilian and Marine officials to maintain and restore organizational integrity based on a foundation of white supremacy. He examines the psychological effects of institutionalized racism on African American Marines during the Vietnam era and the emergence of a new generation of black men unwilling to submit to the traditions of a Jim Crow Marine Corps. By exploring the realities American society constructed about black Marines, this work calls attention to the diverse ways in which these men coped within a strict, prejudiced organization and found greater purpose as U.S. Marines despite an embattled image. Contested Valor weaves the experiences of black Americans in the armed forces into the larger tapestry of the American racialist past and aptly captures the dilemmas, triumphs, and pitfalls that the first African American Marines encountered during the contentious eras of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. McCoy explores the creation of organizational policies designed to minimize their footprint as U.S. Marines until the social experiment of military integration faded and illustrates the discriminatory practices that further delegitimized their wartime reputation. McCoy demonstrates that black Marines’ absence from the historical record has been compounded by the negligence and oversight of past historians as the Marine Corps reckons with its racist past and its first black Marines.
