The author acknowledges with gratitude the following, who did so much to make this book possible:
Henry Adams, San Diego, Calif.; Thomas H. Barry, Evanston, Ill.; Miss Lucille Bland, West Point, Va.; John A. Blazer, Madison, Tenn.; Mr. & Mrs. Jan Bodey, Paramount, Calif.; Mrs. Rose Altizer Bray, West Point, Va.; Ralph M. Briggs, Jr., Griffin, Ga.; W. R. Broaddus, Martinsville, Va.; Maj. Charles H. Brush, Jr., USMC, Quantico, Va.; Leon Brusiloff, Chevy Chase, Md.; Adm. Arleigh Burke, USN, Ret.; Maj. George Chambers, USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Col. Parker R. Colmer, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.; Col. David F. Condon, Military Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.; Zach D. Cox, Mount Olive, N.C.; Sgt. Robert Cornely, USMC, Quantico, Va.; Lt. Gen. E. A. Craig, USMC, Ret., El Cajon, Calif.; PFC Paul Curtis, USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Maj. Lew Devine, USMC, Quantico, Va.; Robert Dutro, Yorktown, Va.; William Evans, Richmond, Va.; Maj. Don Ezell, USMC, Quantico, Va.; David Feild, Georgetown, S.C.; John deSparre, King William Courthouse, Va.; William Ferrigno, Winter Park, Fla.; Maj. Joseph Fisher, Sgt. Carl Fulgenzi, and Col. Regan Fuller, all of USMC, Washington, D.C.; Ambassador James Gavin, Paris, France.
Peter Hackes, National Broadcasting Company, Washington, D.C.; James M. Hayes, Jr., Winston-Salem, N.C.; Henry Heming, New York City; William B. Hopkins, Roanoke, Va.; Peter Hoyt, Fort Worth, Texas; Col. C. W. Kelly, Jr., USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Sgt. Mike Kolomy, USMC, Philadelphia, Pa.; Col. Edmund H. Lang, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Miss.; Col. William Lee, USMC, Ret., Quantico, Va.; E. E. Linsert, Alexandria, Va.; Capt. John B. Lippard, USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; W/O William E. Lisenby, USMC, Jacksonville, Fla.; Maj. Gen. Homer Litzenberg, USMC, Ret., Washington, D.C.; John Loomis, Arroyo Grande, Calif.; Maj. Gen. Frank E. Lowe, USA, Ret., Harrison, Me.; O. T. Lussier, Pasadena, Calif.
George McMillan, Aiken, S.C.; Miss Helen Mahar, Pictorial Branch, Headquarters, USMC; John V. Mather, Belmont, New South Wales, Australia; Maj. Gen. Armistead D. Mead, USA, Washington, D.C.; Brig. Gen. John C. Miller, Jr., Quantico, Va.; Col. W. M. Miller, head, and Lynn Montross, of Historical Branch, USMC, Washington, D.C.; Rear Adm. Leo W. Nilon, USN, Ret., Washington, D.C.; Sgt. Maj. R. L. Norrish, USMC, Ret., Brooklyn, N.Y.; Sgt. Harvey Owens, USMC, Quantico, Va.
Sgt. William Pennington, USMC, Greensboro, N.C.; Sgt. Robert Pratt, USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; Maj. W. C. Reeves, USMC, Ret., Jacksonville, N.C.; Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, USA, Ret., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Louise Rowe, librarian, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Mrs. R. A. Rowland, Los Angeles, Calif.; Richard Rowland, Downey, Calif.; Harold L. Ryan, Westfield, N.J.
Margaret Sanborn, Mill Valley, Calif.; Maj. David Schwulst, curator, Marine Corps Museum, Quantico, Va.; Lt. Col. Frank W. Sheppard, USMC, Ret., Hemet, Calif.; H. W. Shoemaker, Troutdale, Ore.; W/O E. W. Smith, USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Eugene F. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.; Gen. Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Ret., Los Altos Hills, Calif.; Brig. Gen. F. A. Stevens, USMC, Ret., Melrose, Mass.; Maj. Ray Stiles, USMC, Quantico, Va.; Maj. James Treadwell, USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Richard Tregaskis, Santa Monica, Calif.
Gen. A. H. Turnage, USMC, Ret., Alexandria, Va.; Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, USMC, Ret., Delray Beach, Fla., Diggory Venn, Boston, Mass.; Col. John M. Virden, USAF, Ret., Chevy Chase, Md.; Brig. Gen. Lewis Walt, USMC, Washington, D.C.; Wilcomb E. Washburn, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Adm. O. D. Waters, USN, Ret.; Gerald White, Geneva, N.Y.; W. B. Winterberg, Washington, D.C.; Percy Wood, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill; Maj. Lyle Worster, USMC, Quantico, Va.; Maj. Robert Wray, USMC, Washington, D.C.; Maj. Gen. E. K. Wright, USA, Ret., Pebble Beach, Calif.