I MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS

15 OCTOBER-15 DECEMBER, 1943

Commanding General	LtGen A. A. Vandegrift (to 9 November) MajGen Roy S. Geiger (from 10 November)
Chief of Staff	Col Gerald C. Thomas (to 9 November) BrigGen Alfred H. Noble (from 10 November to 17 December) BrigGen Oscar R. Cauldwell (from 18 December)
C-1	LtCol Joseph C. Burger
C-2	LtCol William F. Coleman
C-3	LtCol Edward W. Snedeker
C-4	LtCol Frederick L. Wieseman
CORPS TROOPS
15 OCTOBER-15 DECEMBER, 1943
2d 155mm Artillery Batallion
Commanding Officer	LtCol Joe C. McHaney
Executive Officer	Major William F. Kramer
Bn-3	Major Guido F. Verbeck, Jr.
1st Corps Motor Transport Battalion
Commanding Officer	Major Franklin H. Hayner (to 22 October; from 3 November) Captain Kenneth E. Murphy (23 October to 2 November) Captain Ralph E. Palmer (to 2 November)
Bn-31
3d Defense Battalion
Commanding Officer	LtCol Edward H. Forney
Executive Officer	Major David W. Stonecliffe
Bn-32	Maj Zedford W. Burriss (to 1 December) Major John G. Bouker (from 2 December)
1st Corps Signal Battalion
Commanding Officer	LtCol Frederick A. Ramsey, Jr.
Executive Officer	Major Ralph H. Coyte
Bn-3	Major Hubert C. Lattimer
1st Marine Parachute Regiment
Commanding Officer	LtCol Robert H. Williams
Executive Officer	Major Jackson B. Butterfield3
R-1	CWO Merl W. Smith

R-2	1stLt Harold F. Gardner (to 18 December) 2dLt Robert E. Murphy (from 19 December)
R-3	Major Walter S. Osipoff
R-4	Captain James M. Smith
1st Para Bn, 1st Mar Para Rgt
Commanding Officer	Major Richard Fagan
Executive Officer	Major Robert C. McDonough
Bn-3	Captain William Montagna (to 30 November) 1stLt Thomas J. Eaves (from 1 December)
2d Para Bn, 1st Mar Para Rgt
Commanding Officer	LtCol Victor H. Krulak (to 7 November) Major Warner T. Bigger (from 8 November)
Executive Officer	Major Warner T. Bigger (to 7 November) Major Tolson A. Smoak (from 8 November)
Bn-3	Major Tolson A. Smoak (to 7 November) Captain William R. Day (from 8 November)
3d Para Bn, 1st Mar Para Rgt
Commanding Officer	Major Robert T. Vance (to 9 December) Major Harry L. Torgerson (from 10 December)
Executive Officer	Major Harry L. Torgerson (to 9 December) Captain Frederick J. Mix, Jr. (from 10 December)
Bn-3	Captain Thomas B. Pearce, Jr.
2d Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional)
Commanding Officer	LtCol Alan Shapley
Executive Officer	Captain Oscar F. Peatross
R-1	1stLt Charles T. Lamb
R-2	Captain James P. Jacobson
R-3	Captain Oscar F. Peatross
R-4	Major Robert S. Wade
2d Marine Raider Battalion
Commanding Officer	LtCol Joseph P. McCaffery (to 1 November) Major Richard T. Washburn (from 1 November)
Executive Officer	Major Richard T. Washburn (to 1 November) Captain Bernard W. Green (from 1 November)
Bn-3	1stLt Clinton B. Eastman
3d Marine Raider Battalion
Commanding Officer	LtCol Fred D. Beans
Executive Officer	Captain Arthur H. Haake
Bn-3	Captain Martin Levit
Branch No. 3, 4th Base Depot
Commanding Officer	Colonel Kenneth A. Inman
Executive Officer4	Major Harlan E. Draper (to 17 October) LtCol Walter A. Churchill (from 1 November) Major Cedric H. Kuhn (from 1 December)

3D MARINE DIVISION
15 OCTOBER-28 DECEMBER, 1943
Commanding General	MajGen Allen Hal Turnage
Assistant Division Commander	BrigGen Oscar R. Cauldwell
Chief of Staff	Colonel Robert Blake
D-1	LtCol Chevey S. White
D-2	LtCol Howard J. Thurton
D-3	LtCol James Snedeker (to 11 November) Colonel Walter A. Wachtler (from 12 November) LtCol Alpha L. Bowser (from 17 December)
D-4	Colonel William C. Hall
3d Amphibian Tractor Battalion
Commanding Officer	Major Sylvester L. Stephan (to 5 December; 8-9 December; and from 17 December) Major Erwin F. Warm ( 6-7 December and 10-16 December)
Executive Officer5	Major Erwin F. Warm
Bn-3	2dLt William G. Reid
3d Medical Battalion
Commanding Officer	LtComdr (MC) Gordon M. Bruce6
Executive Officer7
3d Motor Transport Battalion
Commanding Officer	Major Stewart W. Purdy
Executive Officer	Captain Frank S. Matheny
Bn-37
3d Service Battalion
Commanding Officer	LtCol Ion M. Bethel
Executive Officer7
Bn-37
3d Special Weapons Battalion
Commanding Officer	LtCol Durant S. Buchannan
Executive Officer	LtCol Walter S. Campbell
Bn-3	Captain William L. Cerutti
3d Tank Battalion
Commanding Officer8	LtCol Hartnoll J. Withers (to 15 November; from 10 December)
Executive Officer	Major John I. Williamson, Jr. (to 30 November) Major Holly H. Evans (from 1 December)
Bn-3	Major Holly H. Evans
3d Marine Regiment
Commanding Officer	Colonel George W. McHenry (to 16 December) Colonel Walter A. Wachtler (from 17 December) LtCol George O. Van Orden (from 28 December)
Executive Officer	LtCol George O. Van Orden (to 27 December)
R-1	2dLt Clyde T. Brannon9
R-2	1stLt John W. Foley, Jr.
R-3	Major Sidney S. McMath10
R-4	Major Grant Crane
1st Bn, 3d Marines
Commanding Officer	Major Leonard M. Mason (to 1 November) Major John P. Brody (from 2 November) Major Charles J. Bailey, Jr. (from 19 November)

Executive Officer11	Major John P. Brody (to 1 November) Major Charles J. Bailey, Jr. (from 2 November) Captain Philip C. Roettinger (from 1 December)
Bn-312	Major Charles J. Bailey, Jr. (to 1 November) Captain Donald L. Weiler (from 7 November) Major Robert D. Kenney (from 25 November)
2d Bn, 3d Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Hector de Zayas
Executive Officer	Major William A. Culpepper
Bn-3	Captain John A. Scott
3d Bn, 3d Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Ralph M. King
Executive Officer	Major Edwin L. Hamilton (to 20 November) Major Wade M. Jackson (from 21 November)
Bn-3	Captain John A. Scott
9th Marine Regiment
Commanding Officer	Colonel Edward A. Craig
Executive Officer	LtCol James A. Stuart
R-1	Major Addison B. Overstreet
R-2	Captain Robert A. Campbell
R-3	LtCol Ralph L. Houser
R-4	Major Frank Shine
1st Bn, 9th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Jaime Sabater (to 18 November) LtCol Carey A. Randall (from 19 November)
Executive Officer	Major Harold C. Boehm
Bn-3	Captain Francis H. Bergtholdt
2nd Bn, 9th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Robert E. Cushman, Jr.
Executive Officer	Major Wendell H. Duplantis13
Bn-3	Captain Lyle Q. Peterson
3d Bn, 9th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Walter Asmuth, Jr.
Executive Officer	LtCol Carey A. Randall (to 18 November) Major Marlowe G. Williams (from 19 November)
Bn-3	Captain Calvin W. Kunz
12th Marine Regiment
Commanding Officer	Colonel John B. Wilson
Executive Officer	LtCol John S. Letcher
R-1	1stLt Joe A. Inglish
R-2	Major Claude S. Sanders, Jr.
R-3	LtCol William T. Fairbourn
R-4	Major Edmund M. Williams14
1st Bn, 12th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Raymond F. Crist, Jr.
Executive Officer	Major George B. Thomas
Bn-3	Major Edward L. Peoples
2d Bn, 12th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Donald M. Weller
Executive Officer	LtCol Henry T. Waller
Bn-3	Major Thomas R. Belzer

3d Bn, 12th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Jack Tabor
Executive Officer	Major Robert H. Armstrong
Bn-3	Captain Haddon H. Smith (to 7 December) Major Thomas C. Jolly, III. (from 8 December)
4th Bn, 12th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Bernard H. Kirk
Executive Officer	Major Andrew H. Rose, Jr.15
Bn-3	Captain. George L. Hays (to 9 November) Captain Robert E. Rain, Jr. (from 10 November)
19th Marine Regiment
Commanding Officer	Colonel Robert M. Montague (to 6 December) LtCol Robert E. Fojt (from 7 December)
Executive Officer	LtColRobert E. Fojt (to 6 December) Major William V. D. Jewett (from 7 December)
R-1	Major William V. D. Jewett (to 6 December) Major George D. Flood (from 7 December)
R-2 & R-3	Captain Minstree Folkes, Jr.
R-4	Major Virgil M. Davis
1st Bn, 19th Marines
Commanding Officer	Major Ralph W. Bohme
Executive Officer	Captain Kenneth M. King
Bn-3	Captain Joseph W. Beckenstrater
2d Bn, 19th Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Harold B. West (to 6 December) Major Halstead Ellison (from 7 December)
Executive Officer	Major Halstead Ellison (to 6 December) Captain Victor J. Simpson (from 7 December)
Bn-3	Captain Charles E. Ingrain (to 6 December) Captain James R. Ovington (from 7 December)
21st Marine Regiment
Commanding Officer	Colonel Evans O. Ames
Executive Officer	LtCol Arthur H. Butler
R-1	Major Irving R. Kriendler
R-2	1stLt Blair A. Hyde16
R-3	Major James W. Tinsley
R-4	Major Malcolm K. Beyer
1st Bn, 21st Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Ernest W. Fry, Jr.
Executive Officer	Major Eugene H. Strayhorn
Bn-3	Captain Leslie A. Gilson, Jr.
2d Bn, 21st Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Eustace R. Smoak
Executive Officer	Major Glenn E. Fissel (to 13 November)
Bn-3	Captain Andrew Hedesh
3d Bn, 21st Marines
Commanding Officer	LtCol Archie V. Gerard
Executive Officer	Major Henry S. Massie
Bn-3	Captain Julius H. Flagstad

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Footnotes

1. This billet is not shown in the muster rolls for October, November or December.

2. Muster rolls indicate this billet vacant until 19 November.

3. Acting.

4. No executive officer shown by muster rolls for period 18-31 October.

5. No executive officer is shown on the muster rolls for the periods in which Major Warm served as Commanding Officer.

6. Promoted to Commander on 9 December, 1943.

7. Not listed on muster rolls.

8. The muster rolls fail to show a commanding officer for the period 16 November-9 December.

9. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant 26 December 1943, effective 21 December 1943.

10. Promoted to LtCol 26 December 1943, effective 20 December 1943.

11. No executive officer indicated on muster rolls for period 20-30 November.

12. No Bn-3 listed for periods 2-6 November and 23-24 November.

13. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 1 November effective 5 October, 1943.

14. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 14 December effective 5 October, 1943.

15. Major Rose served as commanding officer from 8-13 December; no executive officer is listed for this period.

16. Promoted to Captain 27 December 1943, effective 30 November 1943.