There was a!so a great feeling of unit pride. The division was a family. It
was a family built from shared trials, from friendship, and from a pervasive
sense of loyalty to each other. Major General James M. Myatt, the division
commander, and Brigadier General Thomas V. Draude, the assistant division
commander, were integral parts of that phenomenon. General M.yatt encouraged
commanders at all levels to look for better ways to accomplish the mission. Both
listened to every Marine's opinion and encouraged team building through the
comradeship of ideas.
   I wish to thank Colonel Quilter and Lieutenant Colonels Mroczkowski,
Ronald G. Brown, and Kenneth W. Estes for their assistance in the preparation
of the manuscript, and Mrs. Catherine A. Kerns and Mr. W. Stephen Hill, of
the Marine Corps Historical Center's Editing and Design Section, for the
published appearance of the monograph. I would also like to thank Major
General Myatt, Brigadier General Draude, and the officers and Marines of the
1st Marine Division for their hospitality and friendship. This work is dedicated
to my wife, Caroline, my children, and to all the wives, sweethearts, and
families who suffered the trials and uncertainties of the war without being able
to do anything except wait -- they too served.

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                                                   Charles H. Cureton


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