Editing National Security Act of 1947 (section)

==== Second Marine Corps Board ====
Vandegrift and the other Marines involved with unification believed they had been betrayed. Admiral Radford had been a close ally of the Marine Corps, and Admiral Sherman was not. There had been no Marine Corps input into the Patterson-Forrestal Compromise, and many Marines, Vandegrift included, believed Sherman had cut a deal with Norstad to preserve Navy aviation in exchange for abandoning demands for statutory protections of the Marine Corps.<ref name="USMCDU4447" />

The same month the Patterson-Forrestal Compromise went to the White House, Vandegrift appointed a second Marine Corps board to "Conduct Research and Prepare Material in Connection with Pending Legislation" led by [[Merritt Edson]] and [[Gerald C. Thomas]]. Other members formally appointed to the board in writing included Col [[Merrill Twining]], Col [[Edward_C._Dyer|Edward Dyer]], LtCol [[Victor_H._Krulak|Victor Krulak]], LtCol [[Samuel_R._Shaw|Samuel Shaw]], LtCol DeWolf Schatzel, LtCol James C. Murray, LtCol [[James_D._Hittle|James Hittle]], LtCol [[Edward_H._Hurst|Edward Hurst]], LtCol Robert Heinl, and Maj [[Jonas_M._Platt|Jonas Platt]].<ref name="USMCDU4447" />