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The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood

Author : Dick Camp
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 1610600304
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood written by Dick Camp and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing massed German machine guns, the Marines made sweep after bloody sweep through Belleau Wood. Repeatedly accosted by the retreating French and urged to turn back, Captain Lloyd Williams of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, uttered the now-famous retort, "Retreat, hell. We just got here." And indeed, by the end of that terrible June of 1918, the Marines had broken the back of the Germans powerful spring offensive. Their ferocity had earned them the nickname Teufelshunde--Devil Dogs--from their enemies; it also won such admiration from their allies that the French government changed the name of Belleau Wood to Bois de la Brigade de Marine. The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood recreates the drama of the battle for Belleau Wood as it was experienced by those who were there. Drawing on numerous firsthand accounts of the month-long engagement, the book captures the spirit of the Leathernecks in desperate battle. It offers a harrowing look at a critical campaign in which, as one soldier says, "men were being mowed down like wheat." And, amidst the carnage and cruelty, it tells the very human story of camaraderie and courage that carried the day. Rich with the personal insights and observations that bring history to life, the book is illustrated with a great number of photographs, many of which are rare and never before published.

The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood

Author : Terrence McCaulley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943402151
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood written by Terrence McCaulley and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE SEMPER FI FUND*** A WORLD AT WAR. A LONE MARINE FIGHTING TO SURVIVE. Charlie Doherty, the hero of PROHIBITION and SLOW BURN returns in a novella of World War I. 1918 -As a corrupt patrolman in New York City, Charlie Doherty had the ward bosses of Tammany Hall and other political cronies to watch his back. But in the hell-storm that became known as the Battle of Belleau Wood, only his rifle and his training keep him alive. After taking cover behind a fallen tree during the worst of the German shelling, Doherty links up with a brave Marine captain and a ragtag crew of survivors who realize the only way out of danger lies not in retreat, but in marching toward the sound of the gunfire. They fight the enemy wherever they find them, hoping to hold back the advancing German tide long enough for the shaken American forces to regroup and re-enforce them. They lean forward. They dig in. They fight back. Doherty and the others began the day as Marines. But by the time it is over, they will be part of a battle that helped secure the reputation of the United States Marine Corps as one of the most feared fighting forces in the world. They will become known as THE DEVIL DOGS OF BELLEAU WOOD.

Miracle at Belleau Wood

Author : Alan Axelrod
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762767073
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Miracle at Belleau Wood written by Alan Axelrod and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Belleau Wood, stunning in both its concentration and intensity, was the fiery furnace from which the modern United States Marine Corps emerged as America's fiercest and most effective warriors, the world's preeminent fighting elite.

Devil Dogs Chronicle

Author : George B. Clark
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700618961
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Devil Dogs Chronicle written by George B. Clark and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2013-03-02 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th Marine Brigade, with roughly 10,000 men, was the only large Marine unit to see major action in World War I. Dubbed "Devil Dogs" by the Germans, the 4th was part of the 2nd Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, nicknamed the "Race Horse Division" for its rapid and devastating pursuit of the enemy. The 4th Brigade fought at Verdun, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont, and the Meuse-Argonne, and its signature victory at Belleau Wood saved Paris from falling into German hands. It was also one of the major reasons that the 2nd Division advanced more miles, captured more territory, and amassed more casualties than any other in the war. George Clark, a former Marine and expert on Marine Corps history, here draws upon memoirs, diaries, letters, and post-war interviews-most of which have not been seen since the war ended-to create a chorus of voices chronicling the 4th Brigade's experiences. Through the words of these Marines, Clark captures the rigors of training at Paris Island and Quantico, the ferocity of combat overseas, and the strange quietude of occupation. He reveals what it was like for these men to fight in trenches while knee-deep in mud, with rats playing over them as they slept; going days between meals, often surviving on what they could forage from dead German or French packs; and even wishing for a wound that would allow some time off far from the terrors of the front. He also illuminates the dread and despair of Marines who beat the odds during one blood bath, surviving when most of their comrades did not, only to find themselves flung into an even worse battle not long afterward. One German soldier remarked that these "Americans are savages. They kill everything that moves," a caustic testament to the Marines' intensity and prowess. But that came at a cost: by war's end the 4th had suffered a severe casualty rate of 150 percent. Vividly reflecting the horrors of that "war to end all wars," Devil Dogs Chronicle pays tribute to the Marines whose bravery helped the Allies achieve victory in the first global conflict.

At Belleau Wood

Author : Robert B. Asprey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781574410167
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book At Belleau Wood written by Robert B. Asprey and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle account of the successful American "baptism of fire" in June 1918 northwest of Chateau-Thierry, France, as experienced by soldiers and marines of the Second Division.

The 5th Marine Regiment Devil Dogs in World War I

Author : Michael A. Eggleston
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476622612
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The 5th Marine Regiment Devil Dogs in World War I written by Michael A. Eggleston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 8,000 men served in the Fifth Marine Regiment during World War I and the occupation of Germany. Marine units were among the first to arrive in war-torn Europe in 1917, and they sustained greater casualties than other American units. This book tells the story of the "Devil Dogs" in World War I and the years after through the recollections of veterans recorded over the past century. The influenza epidemic that raged during the war is discussed. An annotated roster of the regiment lists each Marine, with service details provided where known.

Devil Dogs

Author : Jeanne Clark
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 161251216X
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Devil Dogs written by Jeanne Clark and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the U.S. Marines in World War I, this now-classic history examines the Corps’ entire experience in France. Now available in paperback, the book is a valuable resource for data, especially details about each unit and how they functioned. Bolstered with information from official documents as well as published and unpublished memoirs, readers follow the Marines from their recruitment, through training and shipment overseas, to the horrors of trench warfare. The famous battle at Belleau Wood is fully examined, along with the lesser known campaigns at Blanc Mont and Meuse River, and the critical engagements at Verdun, Marbache, and St. Mihiel. Readers learn how the 4th Marine Brigade earned the nickname “Devil Dogs” and why their experiences helped forge the Corps’ identity. It is a new addition to the Leatherneck Classics series.

An American on the Western Front

Author : Patrick Gregory
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750969105
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book An American on the Western Front written by Patrick Gregory and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the remarkable story of the American First World War serviceman Arthur Clifford Kimber. When his country entered the Great War in 1917, Kimber left Stanford University to carry the first official American flag to the Western Front. Fired by idealism for the French cause, the young student initially acted as a volunteer ambulance driver, before training as a pilot and taking part in dogfights against ‘the Boche’. His letters home give a vivid picture of what Kimber witnessed on his journey from Palo Alto, California to the front in France: keen-eyed descriptions of New York as it prepared for the forthcoming conflict, the privations of wartime Britain and France, and encounters with former president Theodore Roosevelt and Hollywood actress Lillian Gish. Kimber details his exhilaration, his everyday concerns and his horror as he adapts to an active wartime role. Arthur Clifford Kimber was one of the first Americans on the front line after the entry of the US into the war and, tragically, also one of the last to be buried there – killed in action just a few weeks before the end of the war. Here, his frank letters to his mother and brothers, compiled, edited and put in context by Patrick Gregory and Elizabeth Nurser, are published for the first time.

The Tale of a Devil Dog

Author : William Arthur Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Tale of a Devil Dog written by William Arthur Carter and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Through the Wheat

Author : Edwin H. Simmons
Publisher : Naval Inst Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591148319
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Through the Wheat written by Edwin H. Simmons and published by Naval Inst Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Marine participation in World War I is known as a defining moment in the Marine Corps' great history. It is a story of exceptional heroism and significant operational achievements, along with lessons learned the hard way. The Marines entered World War I as a small force of seagoing light infantry that had rarely faced a well-armed enemy. On a single June day, in their initial assault "through the wheat" on Belleau Wood against German machine-guns and poison gas shells, the Marines suffered more casualties than they had experienced in all their previous 142 years. Yet at Belleau Wood, Soissons, BlancMont, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne the Marines proved themselves to be hard-nosed diehards with an affinity for close combat. Nearly a century later Belleau Wood still resonates as a touchstone battle of the Corps. Two retired Marines, well known for their achievements both in uniform and with the pen, have recorded this rich history in a way that only insiders can. Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Simmons and Col. Joseph H. Alexander recount events and colorful personalities in telling detail, capturing the spirit that earned the 4th Marine Brigade three awards of the French Croix de Guerre and launched the first pioneering detachments of "Flying Leathernecks." Here, hand-to-hand combat seen through the lenses of a gas mask is accompanied by thought-provoking assessments of the war's impact on the Marine Corps.

The 5th Marine Regiment Devil Dogs in World War I

Author : Michael A. Eggleston
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786497491
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The 5th Marine Regiment Devil Dogs in World War I written by Michael A. Eggleston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 8,000 men served in the Fifth Marine Regiment during World War I and the occupation of Germany. Marine units were among the first to arrive in war-torn Europe in 1917, and they sustained greater casualties than other American units. This book tells the story of the "Devil Dogs" in World War I and the years after through the recollections of veterans recorded over the past century. The influenza epidemic that raged during the war is discussed. An annotated roster of the regiment lists each Marine, with service details provided where known.

US Marine Vs German Soldier

Author : Gregg Adams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472825594
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book US Marine Vs German Soldier written by Gregg Adams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring specially commissioned artwork and careful analysis, this volume investigates the fighting between US Marines and their German opponents during the battle for Belleau Wood in June 1918.

"With the Help of God and a Few Marines,"

Author : Albertus Wright Catlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book "With the Help of God and a Few Marines," written by Albertus Wright Catlin and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Leatherneck Legends

Author : Richard Camp Dick Camp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616737504
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Leatherneck Legends written by Richard Camp Dick Camp and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

They Called Us Devil Dogs

Author : James R. Scarbrough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781411655744
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book They Called Us Devil Dogs written by James R. Scarbrough and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final first-person battlefield account of World War I and Belleau Wood, as told by Pvt. Jim Scarbrough, 83rd Company, 3rd Battalion, Sixth Regiment United States Marine Corps, Allied Expeditionary Force. A great text for home school history, or independent USMC research. A great gift for any Jarhead!

Battle for the City of the Dead

Author : Dick Camp
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 1610602579
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Battle for the City of the Dead written by Dick Camp and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring and summer of 2004, Iraq was coming apart at the seams. Sectarian violence pitted Shiite against Sunni. American proconsul L. Paul Bremer had disbanded the Iraqi Army, placing disgruntled young men on the street without jobs or the prospect of getting one. Their anger developed into a full-blown insurgency fed by a relentless campaign by the clergy for jihad against the “occupation force.” In August, a Shiite cleric named Muqtada Al-Sadr called upon his thousands of armed followers, the Mahdi Militia, to resist the occupation. Fighting broke out in several locations, including the holy city of Najaf, the site of the largest Moslem cemetery in the world, and the Imam Ali Mosque. The U.S. forces fought in 120-degree heat through a tangle of crypts, mausoleums, and crumbling graves. The fight was brutal, pitting religious zealots against the highly motivated and disciplined U.S. Army and Marine Corps troops. It makes for a riveting account of Americans in battle.

Battleship Arizona's Marines At War

Author : Dick Camp
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760327173
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book Battleship Arizona's Marines At War written by Dick Camp and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2006-11-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 7, 1941, about twenty minutes into the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, an armor-piercing bomb struck the USS Arizona, penetrating four decks before exploding. An immense fire, fed by ammunition and fuel oil, swept through the ship, instantly killing hundreds of men. The Arizona quickly settled to the bottom of the harbor, taking most of her crew of 1,514 with her. Of the 88 Marines assigned to the battleship, only 15 survived. This account of the Arizona’s Marines on that fateful day, the first to tell their little-known story, also covers the broader history of shipboard Marines as well as the Arizona from her launch in World War I to the dawn of America’s entry into World War II. With more than 100 historic photographs, many never before published, the book is a fitting tribute to Marine detachment Arizona and to all of America's ship-borne Marines. Includes 5 appendices: a copy of the original Muster Roll from December 1, 1941; a copy of the posthumously-awarded letter of commendation to the family of 2nd Lt. C.E. Simensen; a copy of the original affidavit and casualty roster from December 7; an unknowingly heartbreaking letter from Capt. F.V. Valkenburgh to his girlfriend confirming their date to see the movies on the quarterdeck of the Arizona on the evening of December 7; and an appendix listing updated profiles of the Marines detailed in the story.