BONUS: Pete Ellis, The Drunken Madman Who Revolutionized Amphibious Warfare (Patreon)
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2023-10-06 11:20:18
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2023-12-11 09:45:00
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2026-06
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Pete Ellis was a marine who not only foresaw the pacific theater of WWII, but pretty much invented the modern US Marine Corps. He was also a drunken madman who went on one of the worst spying missions in American history.
Sources:
Dirk Ballendorf. Pete Ellis: An Amphibious Warfare Prophet, 1880-1923
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/pete-ellis-father-of-amphibious-warfare/
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1983/november/earl-hanock-ellis-man-and-his-mission