World War II: Field Interviews with Marine Corps Officers on the Guadalcanal Operations

Description

Guadalcanal: Marine Officer Combat Lessons

• December 5, 1942 – January 19, 1943: Colonel B. Q. Jones, G.S.C., compiles “Interviews and Statements by Officers of the 1st. Marine Division on the Guadalcanal Operations.” This report serves as a distillation of lessons learned from combat experiences on Guadalcanal, gathered through interviews with Marine Corps officers.

Cast of Characters:

• Colonel B. Q. Jones, G.S.C.: A General Staff Corps officer credited with compiling the “Interviews and Statements by Officers of the 1st. Marine Division on the Guadalcanal Operations” report between December 1942 and January 1943. His role was crucial in documenting and distilling the combat experiences and lessons learned from the Guadalcanal campaign.

World War II: Field Interviews with Marine Corps Officers on the Guadalcanal Operations

A 114-page report produced in 1943, titled, “Interviews and Statements by Officers of the 1st. Marine Division on the Guadalcanal Operations, Compiled by Colonel B. Q. Jones, G.S.C., 5 December 1942, to 19 January 1943.”

The report is the distillation of lessons learned from interviews of Marine Corps officers conducted in 1942/43 on their combat experiences on Guadalcanal.

Interviews and statements compiled by Colonel B.Q. Jones, G.S.C., December 5, 1942, to January 19, 1943. Sections detail the following information. Tab B: amphibious training directive. Tab C: shore base organization- draft- for an infantry division. Tab D: lessons of the Solomon operations for overseas operations and jungle combat. Tab E: proposed subjects for jungle warfare training program- draft- list of subjects only. Tab F: overseas operations. Tab G: war in the Southwest Pacific. This document contains “Note on jungle warfare from the U.S. Marines and U.S. Infantry on Guadalcanal Island” (page 82).