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US Marine Corps - The Black Vault

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Poiisbing Skills in the Rzisse!h 463<br />

Hovey (DMS-11 ) Lieutenant Commander Edwin A. McDonald<br />

(1931)<br />

*Gridley (DD-38o) Commander Fred R. Stickney (1925)<br />

Zune (DMS-14) Lieutenant Commander Peyton L. Wirtz (1931)<br />

TU 61.1.4 TRANSDIV Em~—Commander Thomas J. Ryan (1921)<br />

Wikm (DD-408 ) Lieutenant Commander Walter H. Price<br />

(1927)<br />

Lmsdowne (DD-486) Lieutenant Commander Francis J. Foley<br />

(1931)<br />

LCT-158 Lieutenant Edgar M. Jaeger, <strong>US</strong>NR, LCT–58, LCT–60<br />

LCT-159 Lieutenant ( jg) Frank M. Wiseman, <strong>US</strong>NR, LCT 156,<br />

LCT 369<br />

LCT-181 Lieutenant Ashton L. Jones, <strong>US</strong>NR, LCT-62, LCT-322<br />

LCT-63 Lieutenant (jg) Ameel Z. Kouri, <strong>US</strong>NR, LCT-323,<br />

LCT-367<br />

Each destroyer type except Hopkins, Wilson, and Lmsdowne towing 1 LCM,<br />

1 LCV and 2 LCP.<br />

(b) TU 61.1.5 Service Groz&Lieutenant James L. Foley (1929)<br />

Bobolink (AT- 131 ) with 1000-ton flat top lighter in tow.<br />

TG61.2 Attuck Group—Lieutenant Allen H. Harris, <strong>US</strong>NR<br />

Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWO (THREE)<br />

PT-36 PT-144<br />

PT-40 PT-145<br />

PT-42 PT-146<br />

PT-48 PT-147<br />

PT-109 PT-148<br />

PT-llo<br />

8 of the 11 boats in the Squadron were to be picked for the operation.<br />

(c) TG 61.3 OccivputionForce—Major General Hester<br />

TU 61.3,1 Landing Force—Major General Hester<br />

43rd Infantry Division (less 172nd Combat Team)<br />

3rd <strong>Marine</strong> Raider Battalion (temporarily attached)<br />

one-third 1lth <strong>Marine</strong> Defense Battalion<br />

one platoon of Company B, 5i’9th Aircraft Warning Battalion<br />

(Radar)<br />

one regiment from CACT<strong>US</strong> Force (when assigned )<br />

TU 61.3.2 iVuvulB~e—Commander Charles E. Olsen (1919)<br />

Naval Advance Base Force<br />

ACORN Three<br />

one-half 35th Construction Battalion<br />

Naval Communication Units<br />

CLEANSLATE Boat Pool (50 boats)<br />

* Gridey substitutedfor Houey in initial movement.

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