UK MARINE CORPS

".

Let us
it

set for ourselves

a standard so high

that

will be a glory to live

live

up

to

it

and then let us and add a new

up

to

it

laurel to the

crown

of America.

WOODROW WILSON

Dedicated to the

memory

of a

combat Marine

--

Major General

Bruno A.

HOCHMUTH

U.S. Marine Corps

(Reinforced)

Commanding
Killed
in

General, Third Marine

Division

action -- Vietnam -- 14

November 1967

For himself and the men he led, General Hochmuth set an uncommonly high standard. For

him

as for them, the cost of living

up

to that

standard was uncommonly high. Because of

men

like these, there

is

today a small steady

light in a

dark part of the world.

In 1967, the entire Marine Corps establishment backed

him the finest technological, scientific, and medical support, and sharing with him an unquenchable esprit to carry out, honorably, and to the fullest extent, their sworn oath to serve this nation. The 1967 Marine had 192 years of tradition going for him
the fighting Marine, bringing

by
of

his

own unmistakable
elite corps.

elan, he

added
is

to the

proud history

an

By

law, the

Marine Corps' mission

to

prepare for and

THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

execute amphibious operations. In the present conflict in

Vietnam, where the Marine Corps is executing sustained operations after landing from the sea, the amphibious character of the Marine Corps is plainly evident, as is the Corps' readiness to fight anywhere, at any time, in defense
of this

Nation and

to carry out this Nation's

commitments.

THE WAR

IN

VIETNAM

As 1967 ended, 78,000 Marines more than one-fourth of the approximately 300,000-man Corps were in combat in Vietnam with the Third Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF). Operating primarily in

Corps (the five northern-most provinces of South Vietnam), the Marine AirI

Ground Team
units of the

repelled

several

invasions

across the Demilitarized

is

by North Vietnamese Army. The mission of the Marines in Vietnam to assist the South Vietnamese in defeat-

Zone

(DMZ)

&m&bi

ing the enemy trying to seize their country; and, at the same time to help the people build their nation. The goals are accomplished by defending the main base areas; destroying the organized combat forces of

North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong; eradicating the communist guerrilla
the

infrastructure;

and participating

in nation-

ceasefire in

February 1967, enemy units

for

building programs.

During 1967, Marines were based

in

Da

55 miles south of Da Nang; at Phu Bai, 45 miles north of Da Nang; at many other scattered outposts bearing names such as An Hoa,
at the
airfield,

Nang;

Chu

Lai

time defended key terrain from well-constructed fortified lines, and employed artillery and rockets ranging in size
the
first

from 85mm to 130mm. As spring approached, Marines

in the

Khe Sanh
fought
off

Quang
that

Con Thien, and Dong Ha next

Square"

Tri, and Khe Sanh and in the area became known as "Leatherneck
;

near the Laotian border, renewed attempts by North Vietvalley,

Cam

Lo, Gio Linh,

to the

DMZ.

'f'A
j

component of III MAF is the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, with headquarters at Da Nang. The Wing's jets, transports and helicopters fly from Da Nang, Dong Ha, Quang Tri, Phu Bai, Chu Lai, Marble Mountain, and just about any other

The

air

namese Army (NVA) regular troops to invade South Vietnam. Units of the 3d Marine Division at Con Thien, Gio Linh, Dong Ha, and Camp Carroll, and at Hills 881 S., 881 N., and 861, endured almost
daily barrages of
artillery fire.

enemy mortar,

rocket,

and

In April, as the

NVA

mounted

their in-

vasion attempts, U.S.

Army

units

place an airstrip can be cut or a landing

zone designated.

Immediately

after

the

TET

holiday

nated Task Force were moved into the southern provinces of I Corps, and Chu Lai based ground Marines were re-

OREGON

desig-

deployed northward.
trated
vicinity of the

This move concenforces in the

to counter the

3d Marine Division

DMZ,

enemy

thrusting across the "neutral" buffer zone separating the two Vietnams.

Throughout the summer, 1st Marine Division units on the Da Nang perimeter inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. In May and again in July, Marines
crossed into the southern portion of the

DMZ to root-out strong enemy mortar and

artillery positions

north of

Con Thien.

During September, Marines guarding the Con Thien outpost endured and survived the greatest
losses

enemy bombardments

of

the war, and, in turn, inflicted shattering

on the

NVA. From Khe Sanh

to the

China Sea, Marines kicked back 35,000 NVA soldiers from invading the Republic of Vietnam. Eight U.S. Marine battalions and eight South Vietnamese battalions along the
seacoast bordering the South

DMZ
North.

plugged invasion routes from the

From January through December, from

DMZ, Marines fought and irregular communist forces. The Marine Air-Ground Team sought out and defeated the enemy in largescale conventional battles and in thousands of daily skirmishes, patrols, and small-unit
the Delta to the
against regular
actions.

By November, more than 180

size

battalion-

or larger operations, 366,000 small unit

and 137,000 ambushes had been conducted. Marine pilots flew more than 130,000 jet aircraft sorties and 1,200,000
patrols,

helicopter missions.

In addition, Marines

continually expanded their areas of tactical

operations so that

countryside

more and more of the came under the influence of

w
>*%

South Vietnam's government.

A HELPING HAND FOR NATION

In I Corps, by the end of Marines had distributed approximately 5 million pounds of food, 270,000 pounds of clothing, and 200,000 pounds of soap. More than 2.5 million South Vietnamese received medical or dental treatment from teams of Navy doctors, dentists, and corpsmen. In 1967, the USMCR Civic Action Fund contributed approximately 40% of its total
1967,

BUILDING.

MARINE SPECIAL LANDING

Operating from ships of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, two Special Landing Forces of Marines executed 40 amphibious landings in Vietnam.

FORCES.

ALLIED TROOPS IN
the Marines in
I

CORPS. With

Corps were 30,000 regular

troops of the
of

Armed Forces of the Republic Vietnam (ARVN), 20,000 Regional

funds for educational assistance in Viet-

Forces (RF), and 25,000 Popular Forces (PF). Other units in the area included 18,000 U.S. Navy men of the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang the 30th Construc;

tion

Regiment (SEABEES)

bers of U.S.

the U.S.
:

7,000 memArmy Special Forces advisors; Army Americal Division (formerly

;

Thousands of students were supand given medical, vocational, and language training; schools were constructed; and school supply kits were distributed. The III MAF and Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, conducted vocational
ported,
classes in
tricity,

nam.

auto mechanics, carpentry, elec-

-^
_

^-

designated Task Force

the 2d

OREGON)

and

sheet metal-working, welding,

and
in

Korean Marine Brigade.

masonry.

Graduates have been aided

H
'

V3

locating jobs

and have been provided with

kits.

appropriate tool

Approximately 2300 large construction

projects were undertaken by
lages

Marine Engivil-

neers and Seabees to aid people of the

and hamlets. These included

schools,

dispensaries, churches, bridges, wells,

and

dwellings.

COMBINED ACTION PROGRAM. One of the brightest spots in the III MAF
picture has been the success of the
.

Com-

bined Action Platoon (CAP) The CAP is a grass-roots plan wherein Marines team up with the militia-like Vietnamese Popular Forces (PF) to live, work, and fight in
strategic rural areas.

Normally 14 Marines and a Navy hospitalman join with 30 PFs to form a CAP. Compounds and fortifications on hamlet outskirts have been rebuilt. These CAPs give the people security. The CAP, in turn, gain trust and cooperation from the populace.

SIGNS OF PROGRESS. An
of progress in
I

indicator

Corps was the number of the Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) returnee program. Many have become "Kit Carson" scouts, invaluable in

VC who

joined

pointing out the hiding places, supply points

and
fled

likely

Cong

units.

ambush sites of their former Viet More than 500,000 refugees

and
settled in secure areas;

VC

terror

nearly 300,000

and

villages.

moved into 227 new camps By the end of 1967, 2,000

square miles were under Marine influence, and f the population in "I" Corps had chosen to live in areas governed by the Re-

public of South Vietnam.

In this war, victory does not go to the

coming from the generous, and heroic actions of individual Marines during the long 34 months in which they, their fellow American servicemen, and their allies, have helped a small foreign nation in its
swift

rather

victory

is

steady,

patient,

repetitive,

struggle for survival.

First Lieutenant

Frank

S.

REASONER,

posthumous award.
soner
died

Lieutenant Rea-

on

reconnaissance

above and
beyond

patrol near

Da Nang going to the aid

radio operator, July

of his

wounded

12, 1965.

THE MEDAL OF HONOR

est

of Honor, the Nation's highcombat decoration, was awarded to six Marines in 1967:

The Medal

Lance Corporal Joe

C.

PAUL, posthu-

mous award. LCpl Paul was mortally wounded on August 18, 1965, near Chu Lai while diverting enemy fire to himself in order to save his wounded
Marine comrades.

.Captain

Harvey

C.

BARNUM.
Paul
H.

Pre-

sented to Captain Barnum by Secretary

of

the

Navy,

Nitze,

Gunnery Sergeant Jimmie

E.

HOW-

February 27, 1967.

ARD. Presented to GySgt Howard by

President
1967.

When the company commander was mortally wounded, on December

18, 1965,

Johnson

on

August 21,

GySgt Howard led his 18-man

in

Captain Barnum took comrifle

reconnaissance platoon

fierce

mand

of a heavily-engaged
skillfully led
it

com-

fight against a battalion-size

enemy

pany and
battle.

to win the

force,

deep within enemy-controlled

June
16, 1966.

territory,

Staff

Sergeant Peter
award.

S.

CONNOR,
to

posthumous

Presented

Major Howard

V. LEE.

Presented to

SSgt Connor's widow by President

Johnson,
held
a

Maj. Lee by President Johnson, Oc-

May

2,

1967.

SSgt Connor

tober 25, 1967.

defective

hand

grenade

On August
led
a

8-9,

1966,

Major Lee
rescue

against himself to save the lives of

his

small

relief

force to

men, February 25, 1966. He died

wounds, March
8,

one of his platoons that had been

surrounded and was being attacked
by a large North Vietnamese force.

of his

on board the

Hospital Ship

USS REPOSE.

COMBAT AWARDS

Marines

also received the following per-

sonal awards in

Distinguished
Star

Navy Cross 76; Medal 8; Silver Medal 539; Legion of Merit 169;
1967:
Service

Distinguished Flying Cross 546; Bronze Star Medal 2,207; Navy/Marine Corps

Medal 15;

Air

Medal 38,004; Navy

Commendation Medal Achievement Medal 436.

2,699;

Navy

PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION

The
is

Presidential Unit Citation

(PUC)

the highest

award

that can be given an

call of

entire unit for outstanding service in action,

above and beyond the

duty

Vice

President of the United States, Hubert H.

Humphrey, presented the award to the 3d Marine Division during ceremonies at III MAF Headquarters, Da Nang, November
1,

1967.

SATS
port)

(Short Airfield for Tactical Sup." and expeditionary operations

. .

3D RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION (REINFORCED), 3D MARINE DIVI-

SION
For reconnaissance support in Vietnam, September 1965-March 1966.

MARINE AERIAL REFUELER TRANSPORT SQUADRON 152

(VMGR-152)

For support of ground units during Operation HASTINGS in Vietnam, 15 July to 4 August 1966.

FORCE LOGISTIC
For service
1965 to 15
in

COMMAND
12

Vietnam from
1967.

March

March
in

2D BATTALION, 7TH
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION
For service

MARINES

The Navy Unit Commendation was

awarded to Marine
units

HARVEST

Vietnam during Operation MOON, 8-20 December 1965.

which had

dis-

tinguished themselves in action in

Vietnam

MARINE COMPOSITE RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON ONE (VMCJ-1)

For support of
strike

missions over North

and reconnaissance Vietnam in 1965-66.

3D MEDICAL BATTALION, 3D MA-

RINE DIVISION
For medical care of Marines in combat
operations, 1965-66.

MARINE
transports
ters.

(MAG-36)

AIRCRAFT

GROUP

36

For support of ground units with gunships, and medical evacuation helicop-

MARINE
sistent

(MAG-12) From May 1965

and

AIRCRAFT

GROUP

12

to April 1966, for "con-

devastating accurate air support,"

for setting the

pace "for

all

future

..*

OTHER AWARDS AND HONORS

Major Vincent
J.

GUINEE
Award
In

received the
as

255,500 gallons of water and 755,500 passengers.

"Marine Major Guinee flew more than 500 combat missions in Vietnam; earned two Silver Star
1966,

Alfred A. Cunningham Aviator of the Year."

Medals, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, 27 Air Medals, the Navy

In October, MARINE COMPOSITE RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON ONE of MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP received the CMC AVIATION EFFICIENCY TROPHY for Fiscal Year 1967,
1 1

Commendation Medal with Combat "V",

and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star for outstanding heroism, while flying with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 361.
In August,

for superior professional

performance un-

der rigorous combat conditions in Southeast Asia.

In

October,
to

the

was awarded

TRAVIS TROPHY SUB-UNIT ONE of the

MARINE CORPS TRUCK

1ST
in

RADIO

COMPANY, H&S BATTALION, FORCE LOGISTIC COMMAND, III MAF, VIETNAM, was given the Annual
Transportation Award for outstanding service in Vietnam. The company

Vietnam)

for

BN, FMFPAC (Operating making "the most signifi-

cant contribution in the fields of operations,

Defense
in ten in

management, administration or suggestions." The award was presented by Lieutenant General Marshall
S.

Carter, U.S.

months logged nearly 1,500,000 miles support of combat operations, moving

Army, Director
Agency.

of the National Security

CHAPLAINS
in Vietnam provided guidance to Marines in combat. At the close of 1967 more than half the chaplains on active duty had served in Vietnam with Marines and Seabees, or on Navy ships offshore. Since the outbreak of the Vietnam conflict, Chaplains have earned 3 awards of the Legion of Merit, 12 Bronze Star Medals, 36 Navy Commendation Medals, and 10 Purple Heart Medals.

Navy Chaplains

spiritual

The

first

Navy Chaplain
killed in

to die in Viet-

nam was

Lieutenant Vincent R.
action

CAPO4,

DANNO,

September

while ministering to wounded Marines of the 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. At the time of his death, he was completing an 18-months' tour of duty in Vietnam and had requested another 6months' extension of duty to remain with

Marines

there.

The Navy Chaplain Corps supported many Vietnamese religious institutions, and
programs have fostered greater mutual understanding between the Vietnamese people and American servicemen.
its

COMBAT MEDICAL CARE

Medical treatment for III MAF Marines was provided by more than 265 doctors and
dentists,

and nearly 3000 hospitalmen and

dental technicians of the U.S. Navy.

In 1967, the

wounded Marine's
(

recovery

was speeded by 1 ) improved medical techniques and resuscitation equipment; (2) immediate availability of blood (both whole and frozen) and antibiotics; (3) extensive training and new equipment for
vascular surgery, saving

many

previously
Starlifter

doomed limbs and

patients; (4) helicopter

r
,

40
t

ambulances; and (5) the C141

transport jets of the Military Airlift

Com-

mand, evacuating wounded

States.

to the

United

The major medical support units in I Corps are located at Dong Ha, Phu Bai, Da Nang, and Chu Lai. Mobile hospital systems were located at Chu Lai and Phu Bai. In addition, two completely equipped hospital ships, the USS SANCTUARY and USS REPOSE, care for wounded and sick
Marines. Dental personnel not only cared for

Ma-

but also provided limited dental treatment to the Vietnamese people, and corrected hare-lips and cleft palates among
rines,

Vietnamese children.

When

casualties oc-

cur, dental personnel also assist their

ical colleagues in treating

med-

the wounded.

RECOGNITION. Navy

medical and

dental personnel serving with Marines in

Vietnam have earned numerous individual and unit awards for bravery.
In January, the
rine

Commandant

of the

Ma-

Corps presented the Navy Unit Commendation to the 3D MEDICAL BAT-

TALION, and 3D DENTAL COMPANY, 3D MARINE DIVISION, FMF, for combat operations in 1965 and 1966.

More than 1,700 Purple Heart Medals have been earned by Navy medical and
dental personnel
conflict.

wounded

in the

Vietnam

In addition, they have earned the following personnel awards for heroism: Navy Cross 8; Silver Star 39; Bronze Star 98; Navy-Marine Corps Medal 2;

Navy Commendation Medal 9

dreds of lesser awards.

and hun-

AROUND THE GLOBE

Marines conducted
joint

amphibious op-

erations on both coasts of the United States,

with other services, and in cooperation with

NATO
Some

allies.

significant exercises included:

:

Cold Winter 67

March.

A NATO

ex-

ercise inside the Arctic Circle in

Norway,
of the

involving U.S. Marines and members Norwegian Army.

CLOVE HITCH
Atlantic

III: April.

unified

Command

Exercise in the Carrib-

bean involving 21,000 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine personnel. JCOC and SPEX: Spring and Fall. Special Purpose Exercise and Demonstrations conducted by Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic.

THUNDERBOLT
serve)
:

(East

Coast

Re-

Camp Lejeune by Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/25 of the 4th Marine Division and BLT 3/8 of the
July.

At

^k-

2d Marine Division.

GOLDEN SLIPPER
serve)
:

(West Coast Re-

July-August.

At

Camp

Pendleton

by

BLT 1/23 of the and BLT 1/28 of the

4th Marine Division 5th Marine Division.

1-67:

ALLIGATOR HIDE/MEBLEX

April-May. By Regimental Landing Team 27 (RLT-27) and a Marine Air Group. DEEP 67: October. A NATO exercise with Marines from the Landing Forces Mediterranean BLT and a Marine jet squadron participating.

FURROW

WOMEN MARINES The number of Women Marines

creased during 1967.
year, there
officers

in-

At the end

of the

were approximately 230 women and 2370 enlisted women. More than 1500 new Women Marines were recruited, the largest

number

enlisted since

World War

II.

Three new

WM units were established

one at each of the Marine Corps Supply

Centers in Barstow, Calif., and Albany, Georgia and one at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
;

The

first

of ten

Women
in

Marines to serve

with the

Military Assistance

Vietnam, arrived

Saigon in

Command, March 1967.

Two

locations were added where Women Officers may serve at the American Embassies in Manila and

additional

overseas

Panama

City.

MARINE CORPS RESERVES

"When we assumed

the soldier,

we

did not

lay aside the citizen."

-GEORGE WASHINGTON
In 1967, the 48,000-man Organized Reserve was reorganized into the 4th Marine

MEF) This ReAir-Ground Team consists of 400 ground and aviation units located in 45 states. They make up the 4th Marine Division, the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, and their specialized combat support elements. The 4th MEF, part of the strategic combat reserve, is trained and equipped the same
Expeditionary Force (4th
.

serve

as a regular

MEF.

The 4th

MEF

reorganization, coupled

with a
sonnel

new Automated Marine Corps

Mobilization
System,
greatly

MARINE CORPS AVIATION

Peren-

IN
jet

1967
aircraft

Marine A-6A Intruder

hanced the state of readiness of the Marine Corps Reserve.

MARINE CORPS RESERVE CIVIC

ACTION. The Marine
port to
III

Corps Reserve has

squadron deployed to Vietnam in early 1967 by ferry flight across the Pacific, refueling in flight from Marine tanker aircraft. The A-6A has enabled Marine pilots
to attack targets obscured by darkness or

furnished unique and greatly-needed sup-

Marines in Vietnam. Through the Marine Corps Reserve Civic Action Fund for Vietnam, over half a million dollars has been provided (under the auspices of CARE to Marines in Vietnam to carry on a humanitarian war against poverty and disease. In December, the Reserve celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its "Toys for Tots" campaign by conducting another successful campaign to obtain toys for needy children
)

MAF

weather.

The Douglas TA-4F,

troller

Tactical Air Con-

plane was assigned to combat units in Vietnam. The Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter was also deployed in strength. Its great cargo carrying capability

has significantly increased the

logistic

support of units in Vietnam. The CH-53 has retrieved many downed helicopters. Throughout the Marine Corps, the capability to

move combat

units

from ship

to shore

in cities across the nation.

has been increased by these heavy-lift cargo

NEW PROGRAMS.
grams became part
training system.
of the
is

Two new

pro-

helicopters.

One

Marine Reserve the Marine Corps

For the first time, Marine student pilots were assigned to Air Force as well as Naval
Air training programs.

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. This program offers elementary military
training to high school
1967. Also initiated
boys.

Ten high
for

schools in the country activated units in

Employed for the first time in combat was a mobile, semi-automatic air defense and air control system, the Tactical Air Operations Central, developed under the
rine Tactical

was a new program commissioning Marine officers.

Ma-

Data Systems program.

COMBAT ART PROGRAM

Americans throughout the country were
privileged to view the
first

exhibitions of

Marine Combat Art by 38 artists, 23 of whom served in Vietnam. On-the-scene sketches, later translated into oils and other mediums, recorded for posterity the Combat Marine and the war in Vietnam. The collection, presently numbering about 750
works in all art media, including sculpture, is housed in a small gallery at Headquarters Marine Corps, where about 100 works can be kept on view.

Leatherneck
SEPT.

PENDLETON ROUNDUP

SOMETHING OLD
its

1954

MAGAZINE OF TH

Post of

h e

Corp:

^.^**

ARGENTIA
Newfoundland

In 1967 the Corps took time to remember 192d "birthday" and several other An:

niversaries

March
August

25th Anniversary of Seabees 25th Anniversary the

7

of

Guadalcanal Campaign, the

first

Corps Combat Correspondincluding photographers, broadcasters, and November 17 50th Anniversary

rine

U.S. offensive of World War II. September 5 25th Anniversary of Maents

reporters,

artists.

of

LEATHERNECK,

the magazine

for enlisted Marines.

SOMETHING NEW
During 1967, several the Marine Corps:
vide

new

items joined

Transportable, air-inflatable shelters procontrolled-environment housing for

Automatic Data Processing Equipment at the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Vietnam

and

the

5th

Marine

Division,

Camp

Pendleton, California.

Thirteen new LVTPX12 Assault Amphibian Personnel and Cargo Carriers were
delivered in August for testing and evaluation.

In October the Marine Corps decided to procure the Marginal Terrain Vehicle

SM

759,
izes

an amphibian
the air
roll

/i ton truck that utilprinciple to cross mud,

1
l

swamps, and inland waterways beyond the

beach.

A new

load-carrying system

(MC

1967)

was scheduled to replace the pack, knapsack, and belt-suspenders.

patterned camouflage utility uniforms and helmet covers were procured for

New

MAF and the Special Landing Force. During June the 1st Searchlight Battery, FMFPac, equipped with 18 Xenon searchlights mounted on mechanical mules, deployed to Vietnam to provide infrared and
III
visible battlefield illumination.

The new

8-inch self-propelled howitzer

MHO
and

replaced the old

M55

howitzer.

Multi-fuel

engine

vehicles

were

pro-

grammed

to phase out gasoline-burning 7}k

5 -ton tactical trucks.

A mobile facility to interpret aerial photos was deployed to Da Nang during September. The equipment is housed in a
mobile shelter that provides a selfcontained controlled environment for the
22'

8'

work

sections.
first

The

Marine Corps

units

to

be

equipped with
as

REDEYE,

a shoulder-fired

were formed an integral part of the amphibious forces. New REDEYE gunners continue to receive their training at the Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California.
surface-to-air guided missile,

MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION

SYSTEMS
Automated data processing and material handling equipment assisted Marine Corps
supply activities at Barstow, Calif., Albany, Ga., and Philadelphia, Pa., to meet accelerated logistic requirements, while other

Marine Corps systems continued converting

to automation.

On May
Material

1,

the

Marine Corps Unified

System
at

Management

(MUM

MS) was implemented

trol

Philadelphia.

This program inaugurated centralized con-

and processing

of all requisitions for

items in the Marine Corps Supply System.

Work was begun on

a Cost

will be a subroutine of the

Model which Marine Corps

(IIS). Integrated Information System Using a computer, the model will relate
costs for all

Marine Corps
be assigned.

units
It
is

and the
designed

tasks they

may

to

compare the

costs of alternative force

structures.

^M

^^mmm

PEOPLE AND EVENTS

At the end
out:
of the year, this event stood

OTHER EVENTS
JANUARY
12

IN

1967

Lieutenant General Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., was designated

4,

On December

by the President of the United States as the 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps,
to

assume

office

on January
31,

1,

1968.

Re-

tiring

December

1967

was General
12

Wallace M. Greene, Jr., after 37 years as a Marine, the last four as Commandant of
the

Holland Mc Tyeire Smith 84 died in the San Diego (Calif.) Naval Hospital. Known as "Mr. Marine," and acknowledged as the father of the Marine doctrine of amphibious warfare, General Smith led Marines to victory in the island-hopping campaigns of World War II.
General

USMC

(Ret),

First

Sergeant Billy D. Hicks

International
at

won

the

Marine Corps.

Distinguished

Badge,

the

Championships many.
13
First

Shooter 1966 World Shooting in Wiesbaden, Ger-

Sergeant Robert H. Heimmiller,

Marine Reservist from was named "Exceptional Graduate" in a class of 374 attending the
a
50-year-old
Florida,

Ga.

Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, The oldest enlisted man ever to

attend the course, Sgt Heimmiller was awarded his wings in the drop zone after making his fifth jump.

APRIL
4

Second Lieutenant Clovis C. Coffman. Navy Cross holder and former First Sergeant with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in Vietnam, received the Admiral Claude V. Ricketts Award for Inspirational Leadership, awarded by
Jr.,

the
11

Navy League. Major George E. Otott was named one

of America's top three physical fitness

leaders for 1966 by the Jaycees.

The
by

Physical

Fitness

Program

initiated

Major Otott is now used throughout the Marine Corps, and has been
adopted
in various

forms by other mili-

tary services, high schools, colleges,

universities.

and
the

He

also

established
Fitness

Marine Corps Physical

at

Academy

Quantico, Va.

APR-OCT
Thirty-two Marines,
erans,
all

made up

the

Vietnam vetMarine Security

Guard

in the U.S. Pavilion, Montreal, Canada.

EXPO

67,

MAY
31

LtGen. Robert E. succeeded LtGen. Lewis W. as CG, III MAF in Vietnam. LtGen. Walt returned to the U.S. and a new assignment at Headquarters Marine Corps.

CUSHMAN WALT

JUNE
22

General

Franklin A. (Ret), 72, veteran of

II

Hart,

USMC
I

World Wars

and the Korean Conflict, died at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. General Hart commanded the 24th Marines at Roi-Namur, Saipan, and Tinian, and was Assistant Division Commander of the 3d Marine Division at Iwo Jima.
30
Lieutenant General Richard C.

and

Man-

grum, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps and "Gray Eagle" (senior active duty aviator) of Naval Aviation, retired.

30

Lieutenant General Alpha L. Bowser, Commanding General, Fleet Marine

Force, Atlantic, retired,

and was

suc-

ceeded by Lieutenant General Richard G. Weede.

SEPTEMBER
The Marine Corps Team won
est

the high-

National Rifle Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio. The National Trophy was presented by the Congress of the United States for exat

award

the

cellence in Rifle
*
U.S.

Team Marksmanship.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1966

295-9*7

The
Rifle

top individual award, the National

Trophy, was

won by Marine Gun-

nery Sergeant Robert L. Goller, who also won the Daniel Boone Trophy Plaque and a trophy as high scoring

Marine Corps competitor. Other Marine marksmen who won top awards were Second Lieutenant James R. Bowen, National Service Rifle Championship; and Gunnery Sergeant Paul Holcombe, Wimbledon Trophy for
regular

long-range shooting supremacy.

17

Mr. Vincent DeP. Manganara became the first civilian employee to complete 50 years of Marine Corps service.

OCTOBER
Marine astronaut,
Williams,
Jr.,

Major Clifton C. died in the crash of his T-38 jet trainer while en route to Cape

Kennedy.

NOVEMBER
10

President Johnson celebrated the

rine Corps'
rines at El
Calif.,

192d anniversary with

MaMa-

Toro and

Camp

Pendleton,

during a Veteran's

Day week-

end tour of military United States.

IDS

installations in the

Destroyer

Escort

GRAY (DE

1054)

was launched in Seattle, Washington. The ship was named in honor of Marine Sergeant Ross F.

GRAY

of Ala-

bama, who died on Iwo Jima six days after earning the Medal of Honor.

DECEMBER
9
.

Miss Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of

the President of the United States, was married to Captain Charles S. Robb of the United States Marine Corps, in a

ceremony

at the

White House.

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