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Author : Woodrow M. Kessler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (268 download)
Download or read book To Wake Island and Beyond written by Woodrow M. Kessler and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bgen Woodrow M Kessler Usmc-R
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781482391527
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (915 download)
Download or read book To Wake Island and Beyond: Reminiscences written by Bgen Woodrow M Kessler Usmc-R and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir which General Kessler authored is one that gives a vivid and highly readable account of important events in Marine Corps history. It has been published exactly as it has been written and no attempt to do any unwarranted editing has taken place. The opinions and facts represented in this publication are the author's, and do not necessarily represent those of the Marine Corps or the Department of the Navy.
Author : John Wukovits
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101658185
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Pacific Alamo written by John Wukovits and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-07-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor—mere hours after the first attack on the day that would “live in infamy.” But few know the full story of Wake Island. Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the heroic struggle that followed. Thanks to the brave Marines stationed there-and the civilian construction workers who selflessly put their lives on the line to defend the island-what was supposed to be an easy victory became a protracted and costly battle for Imperial Japan. This is the story of that battle, from survivors on both sides, and with a gallery of historic photos.
Author : Jim Moran
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849089434
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Wake Island 1941 written by Jim Moran and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they also launched air attacks on Wake Island, an American marine and naval base in the Pacific. Three days later a Japanese invasion force stormed the island, but were bloodily repulsed by the scratch force of marines, sailors and even service personnel who defended it. Despite US attempts to relieve the island, the Japanese launched a much greater invasion a few weeks later and, despite gallant resistance, eventually caused the US Forces to surrender. This book tells the complete story of the vicious fighting on Wake Island, one of the near-legendary 'last stands' made by US military forces.
Author : Robert J. Cressman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788135236
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)
Download or read book A Magnificent Fight written by Robert J. Cressman and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Cressman
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359383351
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (593 download)
Download or read book A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island written by Robert Cressman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese bombing of Wake Island began a mere few hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 8, 1941. Thirty-six Japanese aircraft blasted the atoll's US base and destroyed eight of twelve aircraft. For fifteen days American troops suffered endless bombardments until the second major Japanese offensive was launched on 23rd December. The battle took place on and around the atoll and its minor islets by the air, land, and naval forces of the Japanese Empire against those of the United States, with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides. Against overwhelming forces the Marines and other troops that were stationed on the island fought valiantly, but after forty-nine men had lost their lives in the fight, the remaining American men and civilians were captured by the Japanese.
Author : Gregory Urwin
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612510043
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Victory in Defeat written by Gregory Urwin and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on December 23, 1941. The highly regarded military historian Gregory Urwin spent decades researching what happened and now offers a revealing look at the U.S. Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilian volunteers in captivity. In addition to exhaustive archival research, he interviewed dozens of POWs and even some of their Japanese captors. He also had access to diaries secretly kept by the prisoners. This information has allowed Urwin to provide a nuanced look at the Japanese guards and how the Americans survived three-and-a-half years in captivity and emerged with a much lower death rate than most other Allies captured in the Pacific. In part, Urwin says, the answer lies in the Wake Islanders’ establishment of life-saving communities that kept their dignity intact. Their mutual-help networks encouraged those who faltered under the physical and psychological torture, including what is today called water boarding. The book notes that the Japanese camp official responsible for that war crime was sentenced to life imprisonment by an American military tribunal. Most spent the war at a camp just outside Shanghai, one of the few places where Japanese authorities permitted the Red Cross to aid prisoners of war. The author also calls attention to the generosity of civilians in Shanghai, including Swiss diplomats and the American and British residents of the fabled International Settlement, who provided food and clothing to the prisoners. In addition, some of the guards proved to be less vicious than those stationed at other POW camps and occasionally went out of their way to aid the men. As the first historical work to fully explore the captivity of Wake Island’s defenders, the book offers information not found in other World War II historie
Author : Donald F. Bittner
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Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Curriculum Evolution written by Donald F. Bittner and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Marine Corps Historical Publications Catalog written by United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew R. Finlayson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105056007
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Marine Advisors with the Vietnamese Provincial Reconnaissance Units, 1966-1970 written by Andrew R. Finlayson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most Marines think of the Vietnamese Marine Corps as the primary advisory experience during that conflict, Marines served with other programs. One of these is the subject of this study: Marine advisors with the Vietnamese Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs). This narrative is a combination of experience, research, and reflection.While other journalistic or academic accounts have been published, this is a narrative of participants. Many historians consider the two most effective counterinsurgency organizations employed during the VietnamWar to have been the PRU and USMC Combined Action Platoons (CAP). The author believes that both of these programs have applicability in any counterinsurgency where U.S. forces are called upon to assist a host government. (Originally published by the History Division, USMC)
Author : Michael S. Groen
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Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book With the 1st Marine Division in Iraq, 2003 written by Michael S. Groen and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This] is a narrative describing the actions of Marines in combat during the liberation of Iraq ... Blue Diamond, the 1st Division's Operation Iraqi Freedom nom de guerre, consisted of some 20,000 Marines and Sailors and 8,000 vehicles organized into three regimental combat teams ... '[This] is not a story of each of them, but the story of all of them' ... " -- Foreword.
Author : Jack K. Ringler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book U.S. Marine Corps Operations in the Dominican Republic, April-June 1965 written by Jack K. Ringler and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Anthony Dawson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Impact of Project 100,000 on the Marine Corps written by David Anthony Dawson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Holland McTyeire Smith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Development of Amphibious Tactics in the U.S. Navy written by Holland McTyeire Smith and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David J. Ulbrich
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Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Thomas Holcomb and the Advent of the Marine Corps Defense Battalion, 1936-1941 written by David J. Ulbrich and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gabrielle M. Neufeld Santelli
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Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Marines in the Mexican War written by Gabrielle M. Neufeld Santelli and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 52 pages
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