[377] See Ridgway’s Declaration of Faith, Chapter 1.
These lines would have made a fitting epitaph for Marines who gave their lives in Korea. They had as worthy a cause as any fighting men of our history, for it had become increasingly plain since World War II that a stand must eventually be made against Communist encroachments. By going halfway around the world to fight the enemy on his own doorstep, Americans may well have spared themselves a more bloody and costly future struggle nearer to their own homeland if not actually on their own soil. The designs of Red China and Soviet Russia were unmasked in Korea, and the people of the United States awakened to their peril after neglecting the Nation’s defenses since 1945. To that extent, therefore, the operations in Korea were a defeat for Communism.
APPENDIX A
Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations
- ADC—Assistant Division Commander
- AdmO—Administrative Order
- AD—Douglas “Skyraider” single engine attack plane
- AF—Air Force
- AH—Hospital Ship
- AirDelPlat—Air Delivery Platoon
- AirO—Air Officer
- AirSptSec—Air Support Section
- AmphTracBn—Amphibian Tractor Battalion
- AmphTrkBn—Amphibian Truck Battalion
- ANGLICO—Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
- ArmdAmphBn—Armored Amphibian Battalion
- AT—Antitank
- AutoMaintCo—Automotive Maintenance Company
- AutoSupCo—Automotive Supply Company
- BB—Battleship
- BLT—Battalion Landing Team
- Bn—Battalion
- Btry—Battery
- BuMed—Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
- C-47—Douglas Transport used by Air Force (same as R4D)
- CA—Heavy Cruiser
- CCF—Chinese Communist Forces
- CG—Commanding General
- CIC—Counter Intelligence Corps, USA
- CinCFE—Commander in Chief, Far East
- CinCPacFlt—Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
- CinCUNC—Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
- CL—Light Cruiser
- CO—Commanding Officer
- Co—Company
- ComFltAirWing—Commander Fleet Air Wing
- ComNavFe—Commander Naval Forces Far East
- ComPacFlt—Commander Pacific Fleet
- ComPhibGruOne—Commander Amphibious Group One
- ComSeventhFlt—Commander Seventh Fleet
- ComUNBlockandCortFor—Commander United Nations Blockade and Escort Force
- CP—Command Post
- CR—Command Report
- C/S—Chief of Staff
- CSG—Combat Service Group
- CSUSA—Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
- CTF—Commander Task Force
- CTG—Commander Task Group
- CVE—Escort Aircraft Carrier
- CVL—Light Aircraft Carrier
- DD—Destroyer
- DE—Destroyer Escort
- Det—Detachment
- DOW—Died of Wounds
- EmbO—Embarkation Order/Officer
- EngrBn—Engineer Battalion
- EUSAK—Eighth U.S. Army in Korea
- FABn—Field Artillery Battalion (USA)
- FAC—Forward Air Controller
- FAF—Fifth Air Force
- FEAF—Far East Air Force
- FECOM—Far East Command
- F4U—Chance-Vought “Corsair” Single-Engine Fighter-Bomber
- F4U-5N—Chance-Vought “Corsair” Single-Engine Night Fighter
- F7F-3N—Grumman “Tigercat” Twin-Engine Night Fighter
- FMFPac—Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
- FO—Forward Observer
- FragOrder—Fragmentary Order
- Fum&BathPlat—Fumigation and Bath Platoon
- GHQ—General Headquarters
- Gru—Group
- H&SCo—Headquarters and Service Company
- HD—Historical Diary
- Hedron—Headquarters Squadron
- HO3S—Sikorsky Helicopter
- HqBn—Headquarters Battalion
- HQMC—Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
- InfDiv—Infantry Division (USA)
- Interv—Interview
- ISUM—Intelligence Summary
- JANIS—Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Studies
- JCS—Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JMS—Japanese Minesweeper
- JSPOG—Joint Strategic Planning and Operations Group
- JTF—Joint Task Force
- KIA—Killed in Action
- KMC—Korean Marine Corps
- Ln—Liaison
- LSD—Landing Ship, Dock
- LSM—Landing Ship, Medium
- LSMR—Landing Ship, Medium-Rocket
- LST—Landing Ship, Tank
- LSTH—Landing Ship, Tank-Casualty Evacuation
- LSU—Landing Ship, Utility
- Ltr—Letter
- LVT—Landing Vehicle, Tracked
- MAG—Marine Aircraft Group
- MAW—Marine Aircraft Wing
- MS—Manuscript
- MedBn—Medical Battalion
- MedAmbCo—Medical Ambulance Company (USA)
- MIA—Missing in Action
- MISD—Military Intelligence Service Detachment (USA)
- MLR—Main Line of Resistance, the main front line
- Mosquito—North American AT-6 “Texan” Trainer; Single Engine Plane used as Airborne FAC and Target Spotting
- MP—Military Police
- MRO—Movement Report Office
- Msg—Message
- MSR—Main Supply Route
- MSTS—Military Sea Transport Service
- MTACS—Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron
- MTBn—Motor Transport Battalion
- NavBchGru—Naval Beach Group
- NavFE—Naval Forces Far East
- NCO—Noncommissioned Officer
- NK—North Korea(n)
- NKPA—North Korean People’s Army
- N.d.—Date not given
- N.t.—Time not given
- O—Officer; Order
- OCMH—Office of the Chief of Military History (USA)
- OI—Operation Instruction
- OpnO—Operation Order
- OpnPlan—Operation Plan
- OrdBn—Ordnance Battalion
- OY—Consolidated-Vultee Single-Engine Light Observation Plane
- PhibGru—Amphibious Group
- PIR—Periodic Intelligence Report
- PLA—People’s Liberation Army
- Plat—Platoon
- POL—Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants
- POR—Periodic Operation Report
- POW—Prisoner of War
- QMSubsistSupCo—Quartermaster Subsistence Supply Company (USA)
- R4D—Douglas Twin-Engine Transport (Navy and Marine designation of C-47)
- R5D—Douglas Four-Engine Transport
- RCT—Regimental Combat Team
- Recon—Reconnaissance
- Reinf—Reinforced
- RktBn—Rocket Battalion
- RM—Royal Marines
- ROK—Republic of Korea
- R&O File—Records and Orders File
- ROKA—Republic of Korea Army
- ROKN—Republic of Korea Navy
- Rpt—Report
- SAC—Supporting Arms Coordinator
- SAR—Special Action Report
- Sec—Section
- SecDef—Secretary of Defense
- ServBn—Service Battalion
- SigBn—Signal Battalion
- SigRepCo—Signal Repair Company
- SitRpt—Situation Report
- SP—Shore Party
- SMC—Marine Supply Squadron
- TAC—Tactical Air Coordinator; Tactical Air Commander
- TACP—Tactical Air Control Party
- Tacron—Tactical Air Control Squadron
- TADC—Tactical Air Direction Center
- T-AP—Transport operated by MSTS
- TBM—General Motors “Avenger” Single-Engine Torpedo Bomber. Also used for Utility Purposes.
- TE—Task Element
- T/E—Table of Equipment
- Tel—Telephone Message
- TF—Task Force
- TG—Task Group
- TkBn—Tank Battalion
- Trk—Truck
- T/O—Table of Organization
- TU—Task Unit
- UDT—Underwater Demolition Team
- U/F—Unit of Fire
- UN—United Nations
- UNC—United Nations Command
- URpt—Unit Report
- USA—United States Army
- USAR—United States Army Reserve
- USAF—United States Air Force
- USMC—United States Marine Corps
- USMCR—United States Marine Corps Reserve
- USN—United States Navy
- USNR—United States Navy Reserve
- VMF—Marine Fighter Squadron
- VMF(N)—Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron
- VMO—Marine Observation Squadron
- VMR—Marine Transport Squadron
- WD—War Diary
- WD Sum—War Diary Summary
- WIA—Wounded in Action
APPENDIX B
Effective Strength of 1st Marine Division
Listed below are selected dates and figures which represent the effective strength of the 1st Marine Division throughout the period 1951–1952.
| Date | Organic USMC and USN | Attached U.S. Army | Attached KMC | Total |
| 30 Mar 51 | 25,831 | 236 | 3,128 | 29,195 |
| 30 May 51 | 25,820 | 302 | 3,266 | 29,388 |
| 30 Sep 51 | 24,160 | 54 | 3,035 | 27,249 |
| 30 Mar 52 | 26,140 | 59 | 4,378 | 30,577 |