The structure that worked in practice differed from the flattened task-group chart. Michael Clapp and Julian Thompson informally kept the traditional amphibious relationship because it matched the operational needs of getting the force ashore. They then used the formal transfer of operational command once the landing force was established. Their conduct restored the functional hierarchy that the chart had obscured and suggests why later accounts may reconstruct the organization closer to the doctrinal model.
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Clapp and Thompson preserved the working command relationship
The amphibious and landing-force commanders informally retained the traditional relationship through the landing and its command transfer.