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Tough Going for Easy Company World War II: 75 Years Ago

By Sgt Joseph P. Donahue, USMC

In this story from the Leatherneck archives, Japanese defenders of Peleliu’s Bloody Nose Ridge had been beaten at their own game but at significant cost to units like “Easy” Co and others in 1stMarDiv.

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One-Man Stand

By Kyle Watts

On March 24, 1969, while heading to help tanks hit by mines, SSgt Harold Riensche, Co B, 3rd Tank Bn, and his tank recovery team were ambushed by NVA. As two crew members lay dead and two more wounded, SSgt Riensche became the sole defender of the team and its retriever.

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Relations with China Perspective of defense

by MGySgt Andy B. Anderson

Containment represents the best strategy in preventing Chinese hegemony and convincing Beijing to change its behavior.

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Marine Corps Intelligence The interwar years

by Maj Michael H. Decker, USMC(Ret) & Sgt William Mackenzie, USMC(Ret)

On 1 December 1920, Lejeune reorganized HQMC and created the Division of Operations and Training with BGen Logan Feland as its first Director. The Division of Operations and Training included Operations, Training, Military Education, Aviation, and Military Intelligence sections.

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A View from the Pointy End Special operations forces perspectives for Marines Corps intelligence support to information operations

by Maj Paul L. Croom II

Producing and providing information advantageous to exploiting the cognitive domain, the bread and butter of intelligence support to IO, is also poorly understood and often inadequately executed.

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