December 1955
That history does repeat itself is trite-but true.
Some 30 years ago the Marine Corps started on a quest that many conventional military thinkers thought was foolhardy. The goal was the ability to successfully conduct an amphibious assault against determined opposition. The quest was crowned with success and provided the United States with the one military doctrine and supporting" techniques which, above all others, was necessary for victory in World War II.
Now we are right back where we started. As Col R. E. Cushman brought out in his Amphibious Warfare Tomorrow, (Gazette, April '55), we must again resort to creative thinking and experiment to develop the doctrines, techniques, weapons and equipment necessary to successfully conduct amphibious warfare under radically changed conditions.