U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, 2001-2002, from the Sea (Häftad)
avCol Nathan S. Lowery
ISBN: 9781482586558 - UTGIVEN: 201302
Guadalcanal: U.S. Marines in World War II: A Pictorial Tribute (Inbunden)
avEric Hammel
ISBN: 9780785830702 - UTGIVEN: 2013-08On August 7, 1942, eight months after Pearl Harbor, the Marine Corps struck back against Japan at Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands. It was America's first major offensive in the Pacific, and the stakes were high. Japan had been running roughshod across Asia, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. If t[...]
U.S. Marines in World War II: Tarawa and the Marshalls: A Pictorial Tribute (Inbunden)
avEric Hammel
ISBN: 9780785830733 - UTGIVEN: 2013-08On November 20, 1943, the 2d Marine Division hit the beach on tiny Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, expecting that its defenses has been "pounded into coral dust" by naval and air bombardment. They found instead that the Japanese had survived and held largely intact defenses. Three days of intense fighti[...]
Frozen Chosin: U.S. Marines At The Changjin Reservoir [Illustrated Edition]
ISBN: 9781786256089 - UTGIVEN: 2015-11Includes more than 40 maps, plans and illustrations.This volume in the official History of the Marine Corps chronicles the part played by United States Marines in the Chosin Reservoir Campaign.The race to the Yalu was on. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's strategic triumph at Inchon and the su[...]
