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“This is my battle,” he told Smith. “You may put some staff officers ashore as observers. If I find they have tried to issue any orders, I’ll have them arrested.” It was a remarkable, and borderline insubordinate, way for a division commander to address his nominal superior, but it indicated Smith’s inability to win the allegiance of his Army subordinates, mainly due to his heavy-handed, chauvinistic contempt for the Army’s fighting ability. The Corps could hardly have selected an officer less suited in outlook and temperament to conduct joint service operations. Smith loved the Marine Corps
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