Chapter 10

Marines Meet the Challenge

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this chapter is derived from: MajGen Carl A. Youngdale, USMC (Ret.) intvw by Hist&MusDiv, HQMC, dtd 24Jul73 (OralHistColl, Hist&MusDiv, HQMC), hereafter _Youngdale Interview_; MajGen Carl A. Youngdale, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–64” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter, _Youngdale Comments_; Westmoreland and Sharp, _Report On The War_; Cooper, _et al._, _The American Experience With Pacification, 1962–65_; “Military Pressures Against North Vietnam, July-Oct 1964,” _Pentagon Papers_, bk. 4, sec. IV.C.2; Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. III; CinCPac Command History, 1964, hereafter _CinCPac ComdHist, 64_; U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Command History, 1964, hereafter MACV ComdHist, 64; Nighswonger, _Rural Pacification, 1962–65_.

[10-1] Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. III, p. 501.

[10-2] _Ibid._

[10-3] _Ibid._, v. II, p. 471.

[10-4] “Military Pressures Against North Vietnam, Jul-Oct 1964,” _Pentagon Papers_, bk. 4, sec. IV.C.2(b), p. 42.

_Redesignation and Reorganization_

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Senior Marine Advisor, MACV, After Action Reports, 1964–65, hereafter _SMA, MACV, AARs 64-65_; Col William P. Nesbit, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities In Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter _Nesbit Comments On Whitlow MS_; Col William P. Nesbit, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Maj Harvey Bradshaw, “U.S. Marine Corps Operations In RVN, 1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter _Nesbit Comments on Bradshaw MS_; _Noren Comments on Whitlow MS_; _Noren Comments on Bradshaw MS_; James C. Pickerell, “Marine Advisor: Vietnam,” _Marine Corps Gazette_, v. 48, n. 4 (Apr64), hereafter Pickerall, “Marine Advisor”; _Damm Comments_.

[10-5] _Nesbit Comments on Bradshaw MS._

_The Vietnamese Marine Brigade_

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: _SMA, MACV, AARs, 64-65_; CG FMFPac On-The-Job-Training, RVN, Monthly Reports, Jan-Dec, 1964, hereafter _OJT Monthly Repts, 64_; Capt Philip O. Brady, intvw by HistBr, G-3 Div, HQMC, dtd 26Jan66 (OralHistColl, Hist&MusDiv, HQMC), hereafter _Brady Interview_; Westmoreland and Sharp, _Report On The War_; Pickerell, “Marine Advisor”; Naval Advisory Group, MACV, Historical Review, 1964–65, hereafter NAVGP, MACV, HistRevw, 64-65.

[10-6] _Noren Comments on Whitlow MS._

[10-7] _Nesbit Comments on Whitlow MS._

[10-8] NAVGP, MACV, HistRevw, 64-65, p. 21.

_Additional Marine Activities_

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: LtCol Raymond Becker, intvw with Capt Robert Whitlow, dtd 25Jan74 (1954–64 Project Interview Folder), hereafter _Becker Interview_; Capt Charles H. Gallina, Intvw with Capt Robert Whitlow, dtd 29Jan74 (1954–64 Project Interview Folder), hereafter _Gallina Interview_; Director of Intelligence, HQMC, to Director, History and Museums Division, dtd 31Jan74, Subj: Summary of U.S. Marine Corps Operations at Tiger Tooth Mountain and Dong Bach Ma in 1964, hereafter “Summary of USMC Opns at Tiger Tooth Mountain”; Col Raymond C. Damm intvw with Captain Robert H. Whitlow, dtd 19Jul73 (1954–64 Project Interview Folder), hereafter _Damm Interview_; NAVG, MACV, HistRevw, 64-65; CTE 79.3.3.6 ComdD, 1Nov63–16Oct64.

[10-9] _Damm Interview._

[10-10] NAVG, MACV, HistRevw, 64-65, p. 14.

[10-11] _Smith Comments._

[10-12] Col Warren P. Baker, ltr to CG, 3dMarDiv, dtd 3Apr64, Subj: Job Related Orientation Report.

[10-13] CG, FMFPac ltr to CMC 18Mar64, Subj: SVN Observations.