MTU projects include consultant for the Marine Corps Museum's exhibit on Desert Storm and technical advisor to the Marine Corps Band on its historical uniform print series. Lieutenant Colonel Cureton's current project is a monograph on Marine Corps dress, 1827-1850. He has published several articles in the Marine Corps Gazette on nineteenth century Marine uniforms. In civilian life, Lieutenant Colonel Cureton earned master's and doctoral degrees in history. He has worked as a historian for the Air Force and been the director of the Army's 101st Airborne Division Museum and the Frontier Army Museum at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1990, he accepted an assignment as Chief of Museums and Historical Property, Headquarters, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.

The material in this monograph is based on personal observation, unit command chronologies 1 August 1990 - 30 April 1991 (located in the Archives Section, Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington, D.C. Navy Yard), unit combat operations center journals, situation reports, and interviews.

E. H. SIMMONS
Brigadier General
U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
Director of Marine Corps History and Museums

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