![]() ![]() ![]() The award is presented by the Marine Corps Historical Foundation for what that body adjudges to be the previous year’s best published article pertinent to Marine Corps history. awards: “Ouster of a Commandant” in November 1980, and “Old Gimlet Eye” in November 1986. Naval Institute Proceedings, won the 19 Colonel Robert D. His essays and book reviews have appeared in a variety of professional and scholarly journals. Alexander) of Sea Soldiers in the Cold War: Amphibious Warfare in the Age of the Superpowers, 1945-1991(Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1994) and co-author (with Dirk Anthony Ballendorf) of Pete Ellis: An Amphibious Warfare Prophet, 1880-1923(Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996). He is the editor of Assault from the Sea: Essays on the History of Amphibious Warfare (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1983 reprint ed., 1985 ed., 1985), author of Lejeune: A Marine’s Life, 1867-1942 (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1992 reprint ed., Naval Institute Press, 1996) Ĭo-author (with Colonel Joseph H. Clements Award as the outstanding military educator at the Naval Academy for 1980. While serving in Annapolis, he won the prestigious William D. He taught history at the Naval Academy from 1977 to 1982, and retired from active service as a Marine Corps officer. He has a master of arts degree from San Diego State University, and has completed his studies for a doctorate in history at the University of Maryland, College Park. ![]() Bartlett, the author of this monograph, earned his undergraduate degree at Washington State University and was commissioned via the Platoon Leaders Class program in 1963. While his earlier treatment appeared in the pages of the Marine Corps Gazette, no one appeared willing to undertake such a project. Almost two decades ago, the author of this study challenged a new generation of Marines to codify this enjoyable and important tradition. With widely different social perspectives, and the changes that accompanying them, Marine Corps mess nights have become increasingly dissimilar. Heinl, Jr., formalized and institutionalized the custom of formal dinners. Much has changed since mess night devotees such as General Lemuel C. This study of a popular and time-honored military and naval social custom is long overdue. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers Get a printable version by clicking here. (PDF)īy Lieutenant Colonel Merrill L. ![]()
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