There is more to more to Trumans distaste of
the Marine then is being told.
When financial resources were low for military
budgets there was a lot of harsh
words going on. Especially the arbitrage
and asset stripping that was going on with
the large companies. It ws brutal and
political. Very few survived today intact.
Such as GM,
Hughes, Ford, Boeing, IBM...and a few others.
During his tenure the DoD, CIA and USAF were
established.
All were new Government
Departments.
(BTW are there any others I missed that were
started).
I am interested in the intent of Truman
ire toward the Marines.
Hate is not a reason. Something drove the
decision
as there were many who were trying to disolve
the Marines.
Not to mention the ire of those who tried to
prevent the USAF from forming.
Dan Fahey
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Original Message -----
Sent:
Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject:
Re: Kunsan and Inchon landings, Sept 12 & 15, 1950
Don;
I remember those remarks.....Truman always
denigrated the Corps, and hated Army West Pointers almost as much, since
he had failed to get into the Point. As a Marine in the First Battalion,
we sent a letter requesting Police Badges and whistles since Truman
insisted on calling Korea a Police Action.
Thank you for your service.
DGill11331@aol.com wrote:
In a message
dated 9/8/2003 10:32:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, wanaki@infionline.net
writes:
The Inchon Landing secured
the future of the Marine Corps, which had been
considered no longer viable and facing
disbanding and integration into the
other branches. As a consequence of the
landing and the battle at Chosin
Reservoir, a public law was passed by both
houses, declaring that this Nation
would always maintain a Marine Corps of three
divisions and attached Air Wings.
Ed Evanhoe wrote:
>We're coming up on the 53rd
anniversary of landing at Kunsan and the Inchon
>landing. Anyone have any
thoughts of these events?
>
>Ed
Korea had two forgotten wars. The main
one was the war itself the second was a war that Truman leveled against
the Marine Corps in the early part of the war. Many people forget or
just don' t know that the 5th Marine Brigade was already engaged at the
Pusan Perimeter, the 1st Marine Regiment was in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean on its way to the Inchon Landing and the 7th Marine
Regiment was on it way from Europe and other places to join the 5th and
1st Marines in Korea when President Truman unleashed a brutal verbal
assault against the integrity of the Marine Corps.
My company was part of the 1st Marine Regiment on a ship (US Noble
APA-218) on the high seas on the way to Inchon when Truman made his
nasty verbal assault against the Marine Corps. I heard Truman's remarks
first hand because the ship piped all the news from the States over its
PA system. To the Marines who heard Truman's remarks -- his words had
more of a detrimental effect on their moral than almost anything we
faced in Korea. Once a Truman fan after hearing his remarks I never was
a fan of his again.
Don
Gill