Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Buttinger, _Vietnam; A Dragon Embattled_, v. II; Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. I; Fall, _Two Viet-nams_; Robert Shaplen, _The Lost Revolution_ (New York: Harper, 1965); Kahin and Lewis, _The U.S. In Vietnam_; Lansdale, _In The Midst of Wars_. [2-4] Col John T. Breckinridge, telephone conversation with Capt Robert Whitlow, dtd 21 Feb 74, subj: Early Experiences with the VN Marine Corps (Addenda to _Breckinridge Comments_, Vietnam Comments File), hereafter _Breckinridge Conversation_. [2-5] Croizat, “Notes on The Organization,” p. 5. [2-6] _Breckinridge Conversation._ Chapter 3 Vietnamese Marines and the Communist Insurgency Unless otherwise noted, the material in this chapter is derived from: Department of State, _Aggression From The North; The Record of North Viet-Nam’s Campaign to Conquer South Viet-Nam_ (Washington: GPO, 1965), hereafter Department of State, _Aggression From The North_; Buttinger, _Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled_, v. II; Fall, _Two Viet-Nams_; FitzGerald, _Fire In The Lake_; Kahin and Lewis, _The U.S. In Vietnam_; Pike, _Viet Cong_. [3-1] _U.S. News & World Report_, 9Nov64, p. 63. [3-2] Scigliano, _South Vietnam: Nation Under Stress_, p. 164. [3-3] Fall, _Two Viet-Nams_, p. 360. [3-4] Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. II, p. 35. [3-5] “Evolution of The War,” _Pentagon Papers_, bk. 2, sec. IV.B.1, p. 1. [3-6] Pike, _Viet Cong_, p. 81. [3-7] Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. II, p. 36. [3-8] HistBr, G-3, HQMC, “General Chronology of Events in Vietnam, 1945–1964,” p. 41. _Insurgency and the Vietnamese Marine Corps_