I was reading about a new upcoming series on HBO called “The Pacific” on Wikipedia,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries)and stumbled upon this gem….
“….Senior Army officers hatedGenPuller out of inter-service rivalry, jealousy and due to vocal and disparaging commentsGenPuller often made about some Army units that he felt did not fight admirably along the way of the escape from Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. Earlier in the war he was reported to have ordered Marines to gather all abandoned Army equipment of withdrawing soldiers and put it to good use. He later reportedly told an Army colonel who demanded return of the equipment: “It all has USMC markings on it now and if you want it back, kick my ass.” The equipment remained in possession of the Marines…..”