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MARINE CORPS HISTORY 

Summer 2026

vol. 12, no. 1

 

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From Bayonets to Black Belts: The Evolution of Close Combat and the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

by Commander David A. Daigle, CHC, USN; Lieutenant Colonel Daniel V. Goff, CHC, USN; and Commander Peter N. Ott, CHC, USN

Biographical Essay

El Pulgarcito (the Little Flea) South of the Border: A Marine's Sketches from a Forgotten War, El Salvador, 1981-1982

by Colonel John C. McKay, USMC (Ret)

In Memoriam

Lieutenant Colonel Ronald H. Spector, 17 January 1943-26 March 2026

by John Darrell Sherwood

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