Note 4-C — CHAPTER 4 An Expanding War, 1962 The War’s New Context—Creation of MACV and Marine Advisory Division—The Vietnamese Marine Corps, 1962—Some Conclusions

Major Croft, the Assistant Senior Marine Advisor during this period, later recalled that province chiefs tended to misuse the Marine units by assigning them unproductive missions such as static security. (Col Alfred J. Croft, Comments on 2d Draft MS, Whitlow, “Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–1964,” hereafter Croft Comments.)