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1941 Developments for Amphibious War 217
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF,
U. S. ARMY, AND THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U. S. FLEET AND
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.
This agreement between the Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, and the Commander
in Chief, U. S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations, confirms and
approves the agreement arrived at in conference on March 8, 1943, between
representatives of the War Department and the Navy Department, as follows:
a. The Army will discontinue all amphibious training activities except as
noted in c below. The Army will retain responsibility for all training, other
than amphibious, of Army units designated to receive training under the
Navy.
b. The Navy will continue amphibious training of boat operating and
maintenance personnel to meet future Army requirements of this nature, and
also will train at a later date Army replacements for existing amphibian
units if this should become necessary.
c. The 3rd and 4th Engineer Amphibian Brigades (Army), which have
been especially organized for shore-to-shore operations in the Southwest
Pacific will be retained under Army control and their training completed by
the Army pending their movement to that theatre.
d. The control and assignment of amphibian units and amphibious training
activities in overseas theatres will be as determined by the theatre commander
concerned.
e. Upon completion of the training of the 3rd and 4th Engineer Amphibian
Brigades the boats, shops, spares, tools and other facilities, not part
of the organizational equipment of these units, shall be transferred to the
Navy when and if required by that Service and the Amphibian Training
installations and facilities at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, and Camp
Gordon, Johnston, Florida (Carrabelle), will be made available to the Navy
for its use. The actual transfer of land is not contemplated.
A survey party with representatives of the Navy Department and War
Department (Services of Supply) will be appointed to arrange the details of
the transfer.
JOSEPH T. McNARNEY
Lieut. General, U.S.A.
Acting Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
E. J. KING
Admiral, U.S. Navy
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet
and Chief of Naval Operations
AMPHIBIOUS FORCE COMMAND RELATIONS
When, on 29 April 1942, Admiral King issued his LONE WOLF Plan
for the establishment of the South Pacific Amphibious Force, he laid the