Huntington's battalion was the forerunner of today's FMF

• Published in: Marine Corps Gazette (pre-1994) Vol. 63; no. 11; p. 73
• Main Author: Reber, John J
• Format: Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Quantico Marine Corps Association 01.11.1979

At about 1300 on 10 June the Panther with the dispatch boat Dolphin in company for naval gunfire support arrived at Guantanamo Bay and immediately began to land Huntington's Marines. A problem of command relationship between the commander of troops (Huntington) and the ship's commander (Cd...