needs for 1985 and beyond. The resulting proposals called for better training and assignment guidelines for recruits, increased use of technology on the battlefield and the acquisition of vertical-takeoff-and-landing jets, which could operate without standard airfields. While in this capacity, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on January 1, 1964. Gayle was ordered to Little Creek, Virginia on April 1, 1965, where he became commanding general, Landing Force Training Command, Atlantic. In this capacity, he was responsible for the amphibious training for troops of Atlantic Fleet; Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic and other units on the East Coast. In February 1967, Gayle reported back to Headquarters Marine Corps and assumed his final duties as assistant chief of staff for operations (G-3) and deputy chief of staff for administration. He retired from active service on January 31, 1968, after 29 years of Marine Corps service and received his second Legion of Merit for his service at Headquarters Marine Corps. Retirement Following his retirement from the military, Gayle settled in Washington, D.C., and worked for Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University for several years. He later taught calculus at Harker Preparatory School in Potomac, was a member of the Army-Navy Club, was active in the Marine Corps Historical Foundation; and was long an active member and later president of the board of trustees to the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas. During the latter months of his life, Gayle lived with his son Dr. Robert Gayle in Norfolk VA and later near his daughter Ms. Susan Gayle Needham in Farnham, Virginia. He died in Farnham of intracerebral hemorrhage on April 21, 2013. Gayle is buried in Plot One Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, near the old Ft. Myer Chapel, alongside his eldest son David Donald Gayle (died 1971). His wife, Katherine Louise Frank Gayle (1916–2004) is buried at the nearby Columbia Gardens Cemetery, also in Arlington. Gordon and Katherine had four children, David Donald Gayle (died 1971), Susan Louise Gayle Needham, Dr. Robert G. Gayle, M.D., and Michael A. Gayle Decorations Here is the ribbon bar of Brigadier General Gayle: References 1917 births 2013 deaths People from Tulsa, Oklahoma Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma Military personnel from Oklahoma United States Marine Corps generals United States Naval Academy alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni National War College alumni Georgetown University faculty United States Marine Corps personnel