By USMCR, Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, USMC, Major Verle E. Ludwig, Jr., Henry I. Shaw
This booklet, “Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal: heritage of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in international conflict II, quantity I,” covers Marine Corps participation throughout the first precarious 12 months of worldwide warfare II, while catastrophe piled on catastrophe and there appeared no method to fee eastern aggression. complicated bases and garrisons have been remoted and destroyed; Guam, Wake, and the Philippines. The sneak assault on Pearl Harbor, “day that may stay in infamy,” heavily crippled the U. S. Pacific Fleet; but that cripple rose to show the tide of the complete battle at halfway. presently thereafter, the U. S. Marines introduced on Guadalcanal an offensive which was once destined to finish purely at the domestic islands of the Empire. the rustic in most cases, and the Marine Corps specifically, entered global conflict II in a greater kingdom of preparedness than have been the case in the other earlier clash. yet that may be a comparative time period and doesn't benefit point out within the related sentence with the measure of eastern preparedness. What the Marine Corps did deliver into the way in which, notwithstanding, used to be the invaluable factor constructed throughout the years of pence: the amphibious doctrines and methods that made attainable the trans-Pacific improve – and, for that topic, the invasion of North Africa and the eu continent. through publishing this operations historical past in a sturdy shape, it really is was hoping to make the Marine Corps list completely on hand for the learn of army body of workers, the edification of most people, and the contemplation of great students of army heritage.
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There was a general doctrine by the Joint Board issued in 1933, and, though it offered many sound definitions and suggested general solutions to problems, it lacked necessary detail. In November 1933, all classes at the Marine Corps Schools were suspended, and, under the guidance of Colonel Ellis B. Miller, Assistant Commandant of the Schools, both the faculty and students set to work to write a manual setting forth in detail the doctrines and techniques to be followed in both training and actual operations.
The ship-to-shore movement of fuel was a nightmare. We had no force level transportation, [no] engineers and no supporting maintenance capability worthy of the name. M. Smith, the landing force commander at the New River exercise in the summer of 1941, reported that "considerable delay in the debarkation of troops and supplies was caused by lack of personnel in the Shore and Beach Parties. Roughly, the supplies except for subsistence it was possible to land ... "30 General Smith, who had a deep respect for logistics, was determined to correct these deficiencies.
But that is a comparative term and does not merit mention in the same sentence with the degree of Japanese preparedness. What the Marine Corps did bring into the war, however, was the priceless ingredient developed during the years of peace: the amphibious doctrines and techniques that made possible the trans-Pacific advance--and, for that matter, the invasion of North Africa and the European continent. By publishing this operational history in a durable form, it is hoped to make the Marine Corps record permanently available for the study of military personnel, the edification of the general public, and the contemplation of serious scholars of military history.