The U.S. Marine Corps' Nuclear Strategy

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Pressure to Change
2:38 - New Helicopter Doctrine
6:30 - Hogaboom Board
8:03 - Old Marine Division
9:38 - Lightening the Div
11:06 - New Marine Div
13:44 - New Infantry Regiment
17:18 - New Artillery Regiment
22:02 - versus Pentomic
23:26 - 4 Companies
24:19 - Vietnam War
30:30 - Span of Control
31:15 - Helicopter Count
33:23 - Weird Ranks
34:04 - Artillery Changes

Sources:
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[2] Public Law 416, 28 June 1952.
[3] Beauchamp, B. (1989). "The Challenge of the Post-World War II Era: The Marine Corps, 1945-1957"
[4] Doughty, R. (1979). "The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76". Leavenworth Papers. p. 4
[5] PHIB-31 (Nov 1948) "Amphibious Operations—Employment of Helicopters (Tentative)". US Marine Corps. p. 1
[6] PHIB-31 (Nov 1948). p. 5
[7] PHIB-31 (Nov 1948). p. 4
[8] Olinger, M. "Conceptual Underpinnings of the Air Assault Concept: The Hogaboom, Rogers and Howze Boards". p. 8
[9] "FMF Organization and Composition Board Report: The Division". Marine Corps Gazette, April 1957.
[10] Giusti, R. (1951). "Mobilization of the Marine Corps Reserve in the Korean Conflict, 1950-51". U.S. Marine Corps. p. 4
[11] Sayen, J. "Battalion: An Organizational Study of the United States Infantry". p. 199
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[14] Sayen, p. 202
[15] Sayen, p. 205
[16] https://mcvthf.org/Veh/M50A1_Ontos.html
[17] "FMF Organization and Composition Board Report: Service Elements". Marine Corps Gazette, July 1957.
[18] Sayen, p. 200
[19] Sayen, p. 237
[20] Sayen, Appendix 8.15 to 8.23 (L-Series and Provisional Infantry Regiment organizational charts)
[21] "FMF Organization and Composition Board Report: Fire Support". Marine Corps Gazette, June 1957.
[22] Sayen, p. 203
[23] Emmet, R. (1968). "A Brief History of the 11th Marines". U.S. Marine Corps. p. 44
[24] Butler, M.D. (2012) "The Evolution of Marine Artillery: A History of Versatility and Relevance". USMC Command and Staff College. p. 18
[25] FM 101-10 (1959) "Staff Officers' Field Manual—Organization, Technical and Logistical Data Part 1" recording of TOE 7T "Infantry Division (ROCID)"
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[27] Sayen, p. 207
[28] Sayen, whole text
[29] Sayen, p. 273, p. 281
[30] Consultation with GWOT-era Marines
[31] Shumlimson, J. (1977) "U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Defining Year, 1968". p. 353
[32] Sayen, p. 236-237
[33] Shulimson, J. & Johnson, C. (1978). "U.S. Marines in Vietnam - The Landing and the Buildup - 1965". p. 164 ; Butler, p. 18
[34] Butler, p. 20
[35] Shulimson & Johnson, p. 164; Emmet, p. 46
[36] United States Marine Corps Lineage of Combat Logistics Regiment 1
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[38] Shumlimson, p. 764
[39] Shumlimson, p. 713-714
[40] Shumlimson, p. 769
[41] Leisten, D.R. (1985). "U.S. Marine Corps Landing Force Organizational Systems Study (LFOSS)"; United States Marine Corps Lineage of 4th Tank Battalion
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[43] https://history.state.gov/historicald...
[44] FM 101-10 (1959)
[45] Infantry Reference Data (March 1961), U.S. Army Infantry School
[46] "FMF Organization and Composition Board Report: Aviation". Marine Corps Gazette, May 1957.
[47] Sayen, p. 197