his name was raymond davis and he, like nagran was appalled by what he saw.offensive marines were in the defensive positions throughout the region. the north vietnamese skirted around out well as the nda headed toward the lucrative targets toward the south. davis was determined to change all of that and he knew that the only way to do it was to abandon the bases like the qassam. he needed his marines back on the offensive. he simply stated strategy was to break the armed enclaves, put marines in the hills, in the jungle and in the attack. he would emphasize mobility and movable firebases to counter the enemy build up. we were marines. we were not trained to defend. we were trained to attack. real leadership had arrived at last. raymond davis was a marine corps legend when he arrived, a native of fitzgerald georgia he was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation from georgia tech in 1938. during the second world war day to string the cross for extraordinary heroism while fighting on guadalcanal. in korea several years later he received the congressi