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Marine Raiders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Marine Raiders were elite units established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare, particularly in landing in rubber boats and operating behind the lines. |
| | However most combat operations saw the Raiders employed as regular infantry, and combined with the resentment within the Marines that the Raiders were a "Marine Corps within the Marine Corps," led to the abandonment of the experiment. |
| | Carlson, a former Marine, had spent years observing the tactics and strategy of Communist Chinese irregulars (Zhu De and the 8th Route Army in particular) as they fought the occupying Japanese, and had become enthralled with their version of guerrilla warfare. |
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