“Effective combat units are achieved by effective unit training, and can never be replaced by assorted combinations of component units, however highly trained.” – Col. Joseph C. Anderson (quoted by Henry I. Shaw, Jr., Bernard C. Nalty, and Edwin T. Turnbladh, in Central Pacific Drive, History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. III, “Part III, The Marshalls: Quickening the Pace”)