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LEATHERNECK—MAGAZINE OF THE MARINES
APRIL 2008, VOL. XCI, No. 4
FEATURES
12 Marine Individual Ready Reserve Receives Offers of
Assistance, Warnings of Activation By Otto Kreisher
In the face of Muslim extremism, reservists step up to meet
the needs of country and Corps.
16 Lejeune, Lejern and How to Say It By P. T. Brent
Here’s one convincing argument for pronunciation of the 13th
Commandant’s name.
21 The War on Terror Edited by R. R. Keene
I MEF (Fwd) takes the reins at Multi-National Force-West, Al
Anbar province, Iraq.
DEPARTMENTS
2 Sound Off
26 Leatherneck Laffs
32 We—the Marines
35 Crazy Caption
48 In Memoriam
50 Leatherneck Line
52 Books Reviewed
70 Mail Call
72 Gyrene Gyngles
28 A Return Visit to Madam Pele By Jack T. Paxton
Space-A travel to Hawaii to experience the goddess of fire
may be well within your reach. Why not?
36 A Fast Launch Into the Future
Edited and compiled by R. R. Keene
From Mach 7 fire support to cold-weather boots—new gear and
technology are more than a side note for wartime leadership.
42 Caught in the Crossfire: Marines in North China,
1945-49 By Colin Colbourn
Post-World War II China found Marines in the dangerous mid-
dle as Communist Chinese and Nationalists jockeyed for
dominance.
COVER: Leathernecks of Co K, 3d Bn, 5th Marines, RCT-1 patrol the Andaloos
district of Fallujah, Iraq, ensuring the safe operations of local businesses in
late January 2008. Photo by LCpl Grant T. Walker. Read more about the global
war on terrorism on page 21. Copies of the cover may be obtained by sending
$2 (for mailing costs) to Leatherneck Magazine, P.O. Box 1775, Quantico, VA
22134-0775.
On Leatherneck’s Web site: www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck, see and hear SgtMaj Allan J. Kellogg Jr. as he describes the action of March 11,
1970, in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, where, as a platoon sergeant with Co G, 2/5, he earned the Medal of Honor. (Courtesy of the Marine Corps History
Division’s Oral History Section)
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