Minutemen: the callup of Marine Reserves in 1950
Article Abstract:
The Korean War in 1950 brought home to the US military the critical importance of having a large, readily available and high quality reserve force. The demobilization of the Marine Corps from 450,000 soldiers in 1945 to 75,000 soldiers in 1950 had a traumatic effect on the Corp. The service's prudence in rapidly building its Reserve force between 1945 and 1950 enabled it to augment a division of slightly more than 3,000 men, when the war broke out, to a force of more than 23,000 within a three- month period.
Publication Name: Marine Corps Gazette
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0025-3170
Year: 2000
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The origins of the fire team: excerpts from an interview with Homer L. Litzenberg, 27-30 April 1951
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Homer L. Litzenberg Jr. discusses the early history of the fire team as an infantry tactic. He analyzes the fire team's use in World War II and the Korean War.
Publication Name: Marine Corps Gazette
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0025-3170
Year: 2000
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The close air support controversy in Korea: Army commanders came to appreciate Navy-Marine Corps air support
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An analysis of the close air support support strategy used by the military during the Korean War reveals communications problems and disagreement over strategy in the early months of the war. The naval air forces relied on older aircraft that provided faster response time than that of the Air Force.
Publication Name: Marine Corps Gazette
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0025-3170
Year: 2001
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