Part 4 — Chapter 10 Marines Meet the Challenge
Reading edition
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.
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.
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.
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.