Revive the parachute forces

• Published in: Marine Corps Gazette (pre-1994) Vol. 57; no. 10; p. 58
• Main Author: Stubbe, R W
• Format: Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Quantico Marine Corps Association 01.10.1973

Inspired by successful European employment of special purpose forces during World War II, the Marine Corps experimented with various special units, including parachute battalions. CMC directed preparation of plans for such a force in May 1940, and later the same year, a group of forty Marines commen...