December 16, 1945
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SUNDAY, 16 DECEMBER 1945

USMC: Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, under the operational control of the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, was activated by the Commanding General, 2d Marine Division who assumed its command.

Commandant General Alexander A. Vandegrift received the report of the committee studying the effects of an atomic attack on the amphibious assault, which maintained that the effectiveness of the World War II type of assault was obsolete.