Word: willaumez
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three of them going in our direction and three going in the opposite direction. [The] Army boat group commander had no idea where Beach Red was. [Staff officers] and I got out maps and by inspection determined that what we were looking at toward our right was, in fact, Willaumez Peninsula. By checking the silhouette of the peaks we were also able to determine the approximate location of Beach...
...firing the guns of his tanks while they were still offshore in the assault craft. Since air support from Army planes failed to arrive, Smith's air support consisted of one Piper cub which dropped eight hand grenades behind the enemy beach. In spite of these crudities, the Willaumez operation was successful; Smith got a Bronze Star, the first of his three World War II decorations...
...minutely planned and elaborately organized amphibious assault in Korea last week was as different from the Willaumez snafu as an F80 jet is from the baling-wire crates of World War I. Since Willaumez, a great deal has been learned about the art of amphibious warfare. More than any other marine, "O.P." Smith, sometimes called "the Professor," had labored to get World War II beach assault experience into textbooks where all U.S. planners could...
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