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...Training: 10 weeks basic OCS at Parris Island, South Carolina, then, 5 months basic training after receipt of commission at Quantico, Virginia. (Note: Candidates must hold degree by end of 10 weeks at Parris Island and not have reached 27th birthday by July 1st, 1951.) Finally, active duty for 21 months...
...group, which has already passed the physical test and taken the required loyalty oath, will serve a maximum of 21 months unless enlistments are extended. They are scheduled now to report to Quantico, Virginia, for an initial assignment of five months...
...form letter sent to Senior Platoon Leaders stated, "It is the intention of this Headquarters to order you to extended active duty in excess of 30 days." Seniors must report to Quantico, Virginia for an initial assignment of five months basic training. They will serve a maximum of 21 months unless enlistments are extended...
...Platoon Leader's Class: This is open to college freshmen and sophomores who are single and will not be over 25 when they graduate from college. They must attend two six-week summer camps at Quantico, Virginia. Veterans may qualify for reserve commissions by attending one six-week summer camp. Men in the platoon leader's class may be drafted any time until the receive their commissions upon graduating from college...
After Peleliu, Smith was transferred to the staff of Lieut. General Simon Buckner's Tenth Army at Pearl Harbor, to help plan D-day on Okinawa, a combined Army-Marine operation (1,213 ships, 183,000 men). In July 1945 he was assigned once more to Quantico. Appointed as Quantico commandant in 1946 was General Clifton B. Gates, a regimental commander' on Guadalcanal who is now commandant of the Corps. Gates and Smith sifted out all that had been learned of the art of amphibious warfare and distilled it into a series of textbooks, leaning heavily on Smith...