As entry into World War II and a war with the Japanese became increasingly likely, the future of the Marine Corps was becoming increasingly uncertain. Amphibious assault doctrine caught the service’s interest as a method of making the Marines indispensable to the coming fight and to the future military organization of the U.S. Dr. Janet G. Valentine shares the intellectual process that allowed for the development of an effective doctrine for amphibious assault—a task that others were convinced could not be accomplished.
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