Appendix H
Command and Staff--V Amphibious Corps and 2d Marine Division, 20 November 1943

V Amphibious Corps
Commanding General Maj. Gen. H.M. Smith
Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. G.B. Erskine
G-1 Lt. Col. Albert F. Metze
G-2 Lt. Col. St. Julien R. Marshall
G-3 Col. Peter P. Schrider
G-4 Col. Raymond E. Knapp
2d Marine Division
Commanding General Maj. Gen. Julian C. Smith
Chief of Staff Col. Merritt A. Edson
D-1 Lt. Col. C.P. Van Ness
D-2 Lt. Col. T.J. Colley
D-3 Lt. Col. J.P. Risely
D-4 Lt. Col. Jesse S. Cook
2d Marines
Commanding Officer Col. David M. Shoup
Executive Officer Lt. Col. Dixon Goen
R-1 Capt. James E. Herbold
R-2 Capt. John L. Schwabe
R-3 Maj. Thomas A. Culhane, Jr.
R-4 Capt. Vernon L. Bartram
1st Battalion, 2d Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. Wood B. Kyle
Executive Officer Maj. William S. Vasconcellos
Bn-3 Capt. Harold R. Thrope
2d Battalion, 2d Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Herbert R. Amey (KIA, 20 Nov 1943)
Executive Officer Maj. Howard J. Rice
Bn-3 Capt Benjamin T. Owens
3d Battalion, 2d Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. John F. Schoettel
Executive Officer Maj. Samuel D. Mandeville
Bn-3 Capt. Richard Phillippi
6th Marines
Commanding Officer Col. Maurice G. Holmes
Executive Officer Lt. Col. Russell Lloyd
R-1 First Lt. P.J. Costello
R-2 Capt. Donald Jackson
R-3 Maj. Loren E. Haffner
R-4 Maj. Cyril C. Sheehan
1st Battalion, 6th Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. W.K. Jones
Executive Officer Maj. John E. Semmes, jr.
Bn-3 Capt. Charles H. Triplett
2d Battalion, 6th Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Raynond L. Murray
Executive Officer Maj. Richard C. Nutting
Bn-3 Capt. Joseph E. Rowland

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3d Battalion, 6th Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Kenneth F. McLeod
Executive Officer Maj. John E. Rentsch
Bn-3 Capt. William W. McKinley
8th Marines
Commanding Officer Col. Elmer E. Hall
Executive Officer Lt. Col. Paul D. Sherman
R-1 Capt. Cleland E. Early
R-2 Capt. Wilmot J. Spires
R-3 Maj. Hewitt D. Adams
R-4 Capt. Alfred E. Holland
1st Battalion, 8th Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. Lawrence C. Hays, Jr.
Executive Officer Maj. Robert J. Oddy
Bn-3 Capt. Daniel V. McWethy, Jr.
2d Battalion, 8th Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. Henry P. Crowe
Executive Officer Maj. W.C. Chamberlin
Bn-3 First Lt. K.C. Fagan
3d Battalion, 8th Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. Robert H. Ruud
Executive Officer Maj. Stanley E. Larsen
Bn-3 Capt. Scott S. Corbett
10th Marines
Commanding Officer Brig. Gen. T.E. Bourke
Executive Officer Lt. Col. Ralph E. Forsyth
R-1 Capt. Ralph D. Pillsbury
R-2 First Lt. David J. Lubin
R-3 Lt. Col. Marvin H. Floom
R-4 Capt. Marshall R. Breedlove
1st Battalion, 10th Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Presley M. Rixey
Executive Officer Maj. James E. Mills
Bn-3 Maj. Wendell H. Best
2d Battalion, 10th Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Geroge R.E. Shell
Executive Officer Maj. Richard B. Church
Bn-3 Maj. Kenneth C. Houston
3d Battalion, 10th Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Manly L. Curry
Executive Officer Maj. Gene N. Schraeder
Bn-3 Maj. Earl J. Rowe
4th Battalion, 10th Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Kenneth A. Jorgensen
Executive Officer Maj. Harry N. Shea
Bn-3 Maj. James O. Appleyard
5th Battalion, 10th Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. Howard V. Hiett
Executive Officer Maj. William L. Crouch
Bn-3 Maj. Wade H. Hitt
18th Marines
Commanding Officer Col. Cyril W. Martyr
Executive Officer Lt. Col. Ewart S. Laue
R-1 First Lt. Haldon E. Lindfelt
R-2 Maj. James F. Geary
R-3 Lt. Col. Kenneth P. Corson
R-4 Capt. Robert F. Ruan

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1st Battalion, 18th Marines
Commanding Officer Maj. George L.H. Cooper
Executive Officer Maj. Joseph S. Reynaud
Bn-3 (1)
2d Battalion, 18th Marines
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Chester J. Salazar
Executive Officer Maj. Robert L. Smith
Bn-3 Capt. Jerome R. Walters
3d Battalion, 18th Marines
Commanding Officer Commander Lawrence E. Tull
Executive Officer Lt. Comdr. Edwin E. Gibson
Bn-3 Lt. Robert Cleghorn
2d Amphibian Tractor Battalion
Commanding Officer Maj. Henry C. Drewes (KIA, 20 Nov 1943)
Executive Officer Capt. Henry G. Lawrence, Jr.
Bn-3 Capt. William H. Housman
2d Tank Battalion
Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Alexander B. Swenceski (WIA, 20 Nov 1943)
Executive Officer Maj. Charles W. McCoy
Bn-3 First Lt. Edward C. Hennessey (KIA, 20 Nov 1943)

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Footnotes

1. Not shown on muster rolls.


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