Marines In World War Ii The Recapture Of Guam Illustrated Edition

Author : Major O.R. Lodge, USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892861

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Marines In World War II - The Recapture Of Guam [Illustrated Edition] by Major O.R. Lodge, USMC Pdf

Set in the Marianas group of islands is the American possession of Guam, U.S. territory since 1898; it was the captured by the Japanese soon after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor and served as a symbol of the Japanese expansion. The American Forces sailed into view of Guam in 1944 determined to recapture the island for strategic and political purposes, but knew that the Japanese defenders take a heavy toll of them from their prepared positions. The story of the capture of the island is an epic of courage, bloodshed, fierce resistance by the Japanese and the indomitable will to conquer of the U.S. Marines. Contains 99 photos and 32 maps and charts. “I have always had a feeling of deep satisfaction in having been the commander of one of the assault elements that returned the American flag to Guam. The island once more stands ready to fulfill its destiny as an American fortress in the Pacific. The conquest of Guam was a decisive triumph of combined arms over a formidable Japanese defensive force which took full advantage of the island’s rugged terrain. The heroic action of the veteran Marines who seized Orote Peninsula and Apra Harbor gave the Navy a much-needed advance base for further operations in the Pacific. Once marine and Army units captured northern Guam, engineers moved in and out from the jungle the airfields from which the Twentieth Air Force launched B-29 raids, bringing the full realization of war to the Japanese homeland.”-LEMUEL C. SHEPHERD, JR., GENERAL, U. S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

Author : Cyril J. O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:34549735

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Liberation by Cyril J. O'Brien Pdf

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846036613

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Guam 1941 & 1944 by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Gordon Rottman details the bitter 26-day struggle for this key Pacific island during World War II. The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 December 5,000 Japanese troops landed on Guam, defended by less than 500 US and Guamanian troops, the outcome was beyond doubt. On 21 July 1944 America returned. In a risky operation, the two US landing forces came ashore seven miles apart and it was a week before the beachheads linked up. Only the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa would cost the Americans more men than the landings on Guam and Saipan, which immediately preceded the Guam operation.

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:54061390

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Recapture of Guam by United States. Marine Corps Pdf

Author : Major John L. Zimmerman USMCR
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892809

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Marines In World War II - The Guadalcanal Campaign [Illustrated Edition] by Major John L. Zimmerman USMCR Pdf

Contains 88 photos illustrations and maps. “We struck at Guadalcanal to halt the advance of the Japanese. We did not know how strong he was, nor did we know his plans. We knew only that he was moving down the island chain and that he had to be stopped. We were as well trained and as well armed as time and our peacetime experience allowed us to be. We needed combat to tell us how effective our training, our doctrines, and our weapons had been. We tested them against the enemy, and we found that they worked. From that moment in 1942, the tide turned, and the Japanese never again advanced.-A.A. Vandergrift, General U.S. Marine Corps” Major John L. Zimmerman, USMCR

Author : Cyril J. O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Guam
ISBN : UCR:31210023608332

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Liberation by Cyril J. O'Brien Pdf

Author : Cyril O'Brien
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 148207060X

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Liberation by Cyril O'Brien Pdf

Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam is a narrative of the Guam campaign. Official records and appropriate historical works were used in compiling this chronicle, which is published for the information of those interested in USMC history.

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015007044301

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The Recapture of Guam by United States. Marine Corps Pdf

Author : J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Miller,John C. Chapin,Charles D. Melson,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Joseph H. Alexander,Bernard C. Nalty,Cyril J. O'Brien,Gordon D. Gayle,Richard Harwood,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1302 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066050863

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The US Marines in World War II by J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Miller,John C. Chapin,Charles D. Melson,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Joseph H. Alexander,Bernard C. Nalty,Cyril J. O'Brien,Gordon D. Gayle,Richard Harwood,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center Pdf

This edition represents a thoroughly written history of Marines' military campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Marines played a central role in the Pacific War, along with the U.S. Army. The battles of Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. By the end of the war, the Corps expanded from two brigades to six divisions, five air wings and supporting troops, totaling about 485,000 Marines. In addition, 20 defense battalions and a parachute battalion were raised. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II, and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. Contents: Origin of the Marine Corps The Marine Corps on the Eve of War Marines Defending American Soil Pearl Harbor Battle of Wake Island Marines Campaign in Europe and Africa Europe and North Africa Defense of Iceland Marines Campaign in the Pacific Rim Defense of the Philippines Solomon Islands Campaign Guadalcanal Campaign Marshall Islands Campaign Battle of Tarawa Battle of Cape Gloucester Battle of Saipan Battle of Guam Battle of Peleliu Battle of Tinian Liberation of the Philippines Marines Campaign in Japan Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa Occupation of Japan

Author : Major Carl W. Hoffman USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892830

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Marines In World War II - Saipan: The Beginning Of The End [Illustrated Edition] by Major Carl W. Hoffman USMC Pdf

On the outcome of the Battle of Saipain hung the fate of the Pacific War, if the Japanese were to lost this island then the Home Islands would finally be in range of serious American bombing. As the fanatical resistance of the Japanese was raised to fever pitch by the exhortations of the high command, whilst the Marines who had learnt hard lessons on assault landings knew that the capture of Saipan could shorten the war immeasurably; so was set one of the bloodiest battles of the entire Pacific Campaign. The Japanese fought with insane courage, leading to massed banzai charges and civilian suicides; matches by the gritty determination of the experienced Marines to conquer. Contains 103 photos and 24 maps and charts. “SAIPAN was one of the key operations in the Pacific War; key because it unlocked vast potentialities to the United States in projecting its might against the Japanese homeland; key because it opened the door of distance which had meant security to the Empire. Invasion of Saipan provided the supreme challenge in which the enemy was forced to select one of two alternatives: conserve his naval resources for a later decision, leaving uncontested this penetration of his inner defense; or lash out in a vicious, showdown fight. The fact that he chose the latter course, and suffered a resounding defeat, is now history. The conquest of Saipan was, among Pacific operations up to that time, the most clear-cut decisive triumph of combined arms of the United States over the Japanese. By June 1944, U. S. forces, long superior in quality of personnel and organization, were finally greatly superior in materiel with which to fight. Victory at Saipan made this apparent to all.”-C. B. CATES, GENERAL, U. S. MARINE CORPS., COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.

Author : Major F. O. Hough USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892854

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Marines In World War II - The Assault On Peleliu [Illustrated Edition] by Major F. O. Hough USMC Pdf

As the Marines ran into the shore of the coral reefed island of Peleliu in their landing craft the Japanese artillery that wreathed the landing beach of Peleliu gave them little confidence in the words of their commander General Rupertus that the operation would be hard but short with minimal casualties; what lay ahead would be what was known as “the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines”. Contains 70 photos and 23 maps and charts. “Many factors combined to make the assault on Peleliu one of the least understood operations of World War II. Yet it was one of the most vicious and stubbornly contested, and nowhere was the fighting efficiency of the U.S. Marine more convincingly demonstrated. At Peleliu the enemy proved that he had profited from his bitter experiences of earlier operations. He applied intelligently the lessons we had taught him in the Solomons, Gilberts, Marshalls, and Marianas. At Peleliu the enemy made no suicidal banzai charges to hasten the decision; he carefully concealed his plans and dispositions. He nursed from his inferior strength the last ounce of resistance and delay, to extract the maximum cost from his conquerers. In these respects Peleliu differed significantly from previous campaigns and set the pattern for things to come: Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Because the operation protracted itself over a period of nearly two and a half months, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the strategic objective was accomplished within the first week: neutralization of the entire Palaus group, and with this, securing of the Philippines approaches.”-C. B. CATES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.

Author : Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl Jr. USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892762

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Marines In World War II - Marines At Midway [Illustrated Edition] by Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl Jr. USMC Pdf

The story of the Marines during the pivotal campaign of the Pacific that culminated at the Battle of Midway. Contains 25 photos and 3 maps and charts. “The name Midway means much to Marines. At the very outset of war, when Midway’s sole garrison consisted of a Fleet Marine Force defense battalion stationed there in advance of hostilities, the Japanese found that here, as at Wake, Marines were ready. Subsequently, in the battle of Midway, the heroism of Marine fighter and dive-bomber pilots, who attacked effectively and unhesitatingly against tremendous odds, demonstrated once again that courage and discipline are among the high traditions of our Corps. There is another lesson to be derived from the Marine story of Midway, however, and that is the unity of the Fleet Marine Force as a completely integrated air-ground team. This, too, is traditional, but it has never been better demonstrated than by the integration of Marine artillery and infantry (who secured the base) with Marine air which struck the first blow at the Japanese carriers from that base. While Marine fighters were slashing at enemy air, Marine artillerymen were shooting the Japanese planes down, and Marine dive bombers were harrying the enemy fleet. This coordinated interaction by land and sea and air embodied the time-tried and proven doctrines of the Marine Corps in one of its primary fields: that of the defense of advanced bases. To all students of this subject, I commend the story of Marines at Midway.” C.B. Cates, Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Author : Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl Jr. USMC,Lieutenant Colonel John A. Crown
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892816

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Marines In World War II - The Marshalls: Increasing The Tempo [Illustrated Edition] by Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl Jr. USMC,Lieutenant Colonel John A. Crown Pdf

This book tells the story of the Marines spearheading the thrust through the Japanese outer ring of defences and recounts the brutal and important island-hopping Pacific campaign at its most gripping following the bloodbath at Tarawa. Contains 97 photos and 16 maps and charts. “As 1943 drew to a close, Marines had retaken Tarawa and portions of the Solomons from the Japanese invader, but the formidable enemy bases studding the vast Pacific, bases which had been built during the preceding 25 years, were as yet untouched by our amphibious forces. In early 1944 the first penetration of this prewar enemy territory was accomplished with the assault and occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls in the Marshall Islands. These were quickly followed by the seizure of Eniwetok Atoll. The major role in these over-all operations was undertaken by Marine units working in close coordination with elements of the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. That they acquitted themselves with distinction is reflected in the rapidity with which they accomplished their missions. Operations in the Marshall Islands clearly indicated that Japanese bases in the Central Pacific could be by-passed. The way was now open for the neutralization of Truk and the assault on the Marianas, the next great step in the drive toward Japan.”-LEMUEL C. SHEPHERD, JR., GENERAL, U. S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

Author : O. R. Lodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0915266164

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The Recapture of Guam by O. R. Lodge Pdf

U.S. Marine Corps Monograph of The Recapture of Guam, the "decisive triumph of combined arms over a formidable Japanese force..."

Author : Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892847

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Marines In World War II - Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic [Illustrated Edition] by Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley USMC Pdf

On the 19th Feb. 1945, the first Marines landed on Iwo Jima, the first enemy troops to invade Japanese home territory; many of those brave soldiers would never leave the black volcanic sands again as they fought and died in the U.S. Marine Corps toughest ever battle. Contains 100 photos and 26 maps and charts. “The assault on Iwo Jima came as a smashing climax to the 16-month drive that carried the amphibious forces of the U.S. across the Central Pacific to within 660 miles of Tokyo. Striking first at Tarawa in November 1943, American forces had swept rapidly westward, seizing only those islands essential for support of future operations. Many powerful enemy strongholds were bypassed and neutralized. By the fall of 1944 the small but heavily fortified island of Iwo Jima, lying midway between the Marianas and the heart of the Japanese Empire, had assumed such strategic importance that its rapid seizure became imperative. Neutralization would not suffice; Iwo must become an operational U.S. base. “At Iwo Jima the amphibious doctrines, techniques, weapons, and equipment which had proven so effective during the three previous years of World War II received the supreme test. On that island more than 20,000 well-disposed and deeply entrenched Japanese troops conducted an intelligent and dogged defense. There, more than anywhere else in the Central Pacific, terrain and enemy defense preparations combined to limit the effectiveness of American supporting arms, placing a premium on the skill and aggressive fighting spirit of the individual Marine. There can be no more fitting tribute than the well-known words of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, "Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island uncommon valor was a common virtue."-Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., General, U.S.M.C.