[9-5] CTE 79.3.3.6 ComdD, 6Nov–31Oct63. [9-6] Aviation Headquarters Operations Center SOP, p. 1 (encl 5, CTE 79.3.3.6 ComdD, 18Jul–31Oct63). [9-7] Col A. D. Gomez ltr to Coordinator, Marine Corps Landing Force Development Center, dated 23Oct63 (encl 1, CTE 79.3.3.6 ComdD, 18Jul–31Oct63). [9-8] 1st MAW OpSums, 8Jun–20Oct63. [9-9] _Ross Comments on Bradshaw MS._ [9-10] CTE 79.3.3.6 ComdD, 6Nov63–14Jan64. _The Situation in Vietnam_ Unless otherwise noted the material in this chapter is derived from: Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. II; Nighswonger, _Rural Pacification, 1962–65_; Fall, _Two Viet-Nams_; Cooper, _The Lost Crusade_; Department of State, _Aggression from the North_. [9-11] Nighswonger, _Rural Pacification, 1962–65_. PART IV AN EXPANDING GROUND WAR, 1964 Chapter 10 Marines Meet the Challenge Unless otherwise noted, the material in this chapter is derived from: MajGen Carl A. Youngdale, USMC (Ret.) intvw by Hist&MusDiv, HQMC, dtd 24Jul73 (OralHistColl, Hist&MusDiv, HQMC), hereafter _Youngdale Interview_; MajGen Carl A. Youngdale, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow “U.S. Marine Activities in Vietnam, 1954–64” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter, _Youngdale Comments_; Westmoreland and Sharp, _Report On The War_; Cooper, _et al._, _The American Experience With Pacification, 1962–65_; “Military Pressures Against North Vietnam, July-Oct 1964,” _Pentagon Papers_, bk. 4, sec. IV.C.2; Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. III; CinCPac Command History, 1964, hereafter _CinCPac ComdHist, 64_; U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Command History, 1964, hereafter MACV ComdHist, 64; Nighswonger, _Rural Pacification, 1962–65_. [10-1] Gravel Edition, _Pentagon Papers_, v. III, p. 501. [10-2] _Ibid._ [10-3] _Ibid._, v. II, p. 471. [10-4] “Military Pressures Against North Vietnam, Jul-Oct 1964,” _Pentagon Papers_, bk. 4, sec. IV.C.2(b), p. 42. _Redesignation and Reorganization_ Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: Senior Marine Advisor, MACV, After Action Reports, 1964–65, hereafter _SMA, MACV, AARs 64-65_; Col William P. Nesbit, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Capt Robert Whitlow, “U.S. Marine Activities In Vietnam, 1954–1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter _Nesbit Comments On Whitlow MS_; Col William P. Nesbit, USMC (Ret.), Comments on Draft MS, Maj Harvey Bradshaw, “U.S. Marine Corps Operations In RVN, 1964” (Vietnam Comment File), hereafter _Nesbit Comments on Bradshaw MS_; _Noren Comments on Whitlow MS_; _Noren Comments on Bradshaw MS_; James C. Pickerell, “Marine Advisor: Vietnam,” _Marine Corps Gazette_, v. 48, n. 4 (Apr64), hereafter Pickerall, “Marine Advisor”; _Damm Comments_. [10-5] _Nesbit Comments on Bradshaw MS._ _The Vietnamese Marine Brigade_