Thayer Soule couldn't believe his orders. As a junior officer with no
military training or indoctrination and less than ten weeks of active
duty behind him, he had been assigned to be photographic officer for the
First Marine Division. The Corps had never had a photographic division
before, much less a field photographic unit. But Soule accepted the
challenge, created the unit from scratch, established policies for
photography, and led his men into combat. Soule and his unit produced
films and