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Originally Posted by svandamme
And they were built because a US Marine named Victor "Brute" Krulak, had witnessed the Japanese landings in China, took pictures with telephoto lense.. they got filed as "sent in by some Nut in China"
Krulak built a model of the Japanese boat design and discussed the retractable ramp approach with boat builder Andrew Higgins who then took the ramp idea into the Higgins boat.
good book called Brute 
And after WW2 he was instrumental in doing early adoption of Helictopers to hte USMC
Chesty Puller gave the Marines Infantry training, motivation and inspiration, Krulak gave them the Amphibious and Air Assault capabilities they have today.
His son later became USMC Commandant. |
Hey man - I didn’t know any of that. Thanks for the great addendum!