Marine Division

Lt. Dennis P. Mroczkowski, US Marines in the Persian Gulf With the 2nd Marine Division in Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Washington DC, 1993), p. 9... 

FOX vehicle detects vapours of Lewisite blister agent. HQ responds that detection was a false alarm, caused by oil smoke. FOX vehicle separates petroleum peaks from the agent spectrum and confirms detection. 1st Marine Division Log states Ripper 6 believes that chemical weapons were used, but not sure if Ripper was the target. These chemical munitions could have been exploded by our own artillery, thus causing secondary explosions ... 

Operations Log, Task Force Ripper 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment After Action Review 8th Marines Command Chronology 1 st Marine Division, Manoeuvre Chronology... 

The encouragement and support of Mr. P. C. Warner of the Westinghouse Marine Division, sponsor of this investigation, are gratefully acknowledged. K. B. Wilner, D. V. Wright, and J. M. 

The Federal Government had only three executive departments then to administer all Federal programs - State, Treasury, and War. The MHS was placed under the Revenue Marine Division of the Treasury Department. Funds to pay physicians and build marine hospitals were appropriated by taxing American seamen 20 cents a month. This was one of the first direct taxes enacted by the new republic and the first medical insurance program in the United States. The monies were collected from ship masters by the customs collectors in different US ports. 

Westinghouse Marine Division, Missile Launching and Handling Dept.,... 

Merchant Shipping Notice M782 - Polyurethane Foam and other Organic Foam Materials, Department of Trade, Marine Division, London, UK, 1976. 

IMCA (2003). Competence assurance and assessment - guidance document and competence tables Marine division. 

Magnesium Oxide [Maglite D by Marine Division of Merck]... 

On the morning of 19 February 1945 the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions landed on the beaches of the island of Iwo Jima in the face of the heaviest enemy beach resistance since Tarawa. The bombardment of the island that preceded the attack was the heaviest of the Pacific war, one that benefited from the experiences of the island assaults that had taken place before. Three of the five mortar units, Numbers i, 2, and 5, took part in the actual assault phase. 

Late in 1942 the Americal and the ajth Infantry Divisions and the 2d Marine Division arrived on Guadalcanal to bolster the slackened pace of the American offensive. Each carried a limited number of flame throwers. Beginning in December 1942 a CWS officer conducted... 

On II December 1943 the forward advance of the 21st Regiment, 3d Marine Division, was halted by an enemy position on Hill 1000. One of the Marine Corps officers described the obstacle as follows ... 

Portable throwers went into action on 20 November 1943 when the 165th RCT, 27th Division, landed on Makin Atoll and the 2d Marine Division attacked Betio Island of the Tarawa Atoll. On the former, enemy opposition was fortunately limited, for flame throwers, drenched in the landings, failed to function. On Betio marines faced strong Japanese positions. Here, enemy beach fortifications consisted of numerous concrete, steel, and sand and coconut log pillboxes, plus a number of excellent bombproof shelters. These emplacements were con-... 

After the fall of Saipan the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions immediately started preparations for the invasion of Tinian which was to begin on 24 July. In this attack the M3A1 light flame tanks, loaded aboard LCT s and LCM s, followed hard on the heels of the first assault wave. The composition and attachment of flame tank units during the fight-... 

Interest in the Mark I flame thrower then arose in another quarter. Early in June 1944 a Navy flame thrower detachment from the United States joined the ist Marine Division on Guadalcanal which was preparing for the invasion of the Palau Islands. This detachment, con-... 

The preinvasion preparations of the three Marine divisions earmarked for Iwo included work with both the portable and the mechanized flame throwers. For the smaller weapon this preparation consisted mostly of integrating the flame throwers with the assault teams. It was 3d Marine Division policy to have in each of its battalions an assault platoon made up of 6 men from each rifle company and 2 men from the battalion headquarters company. These 20 men, specially trained in the use of flame throwers, rocket launchers, and demolitions, were placed under the immediate control of the battalion commander. The commander in turn could attach the whole platoon, or a part of it, to his assault companies as the situation required. Other Marine divisions devised similar platoons. Regiments of the 4th Marine Division organized 3 9-man platoons which were attached to each battalion landing team. Squads from these platoons were then assigned to companies for specific missions. ... 

The 4th and yth Marine Divisions each received four Hawaiian-made main armament mechanized flame throwers. The development and procurement of these flame throwers was undertaken by the... 

The 4th and 5 th Marine Divisions emphasized the greater eflfective-ness of the main armament type as opposed to the auxiliary flame thrower, of which the 4th Division had twenty-four. These divisions recommended more large capacity flame throwers and their incorporation as organic equipment in ail tank battalions. Although the 3d Marine Division entered the Iwo Jima operation without main armament flame throwers, it was later on able to borrow some from the other divisions. In its opinion this type was better against enemy defenses than the auxiliary bow gun flame throwers with their shorter range and limited traverse. ... 

Okinawa was the last battle of the war and one of the hardest. Conducted by Tenth Army on the very doorstep of Japan, it was to involve more CWS equipment than any other Pacific campaign. Each of the four Army divisions of XXIV Corps had 141 portable flame throwers each of the three Marine divisions of III Amphibious Corps had 243, the same number as had been taken to Iwo Jima. The 713 th Tank Battalion, converted to a provisional flame thrower unit for the operation, received a complement of 34 POA main armament flame throwers. ... 

A tank platoon, including a section of three flame tanks, was placed in support of an infantry battalion. Flame tank deployment differed within these tank-infantry teams. Sometimes they operated alone with the infantry sometimes they formed an integral part of the tank platoon most frequently they waited at forward positions until called upon for particular missions by the tank platoon. When the latter tactic was used the flame tanks, supported by conventional tanks, operated ahead of the infantry until an area had been cleared for the latter s advance. The troops followed closely, protecting the tanks and occupying the ground before the enemy could recover. This support was extended to both Army and Marine divisions. ... 

Dixon,T.R., 1992. Coastal Survey of Packaged Chemical and Other Hazardous Items. PECD Reference Number 7/8/188, submitted to CUE Marine Division, Department of the Environment, Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea. 

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