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Evans Carlson, Marine Raider

Hardcover • 2014 • English

Evans Carlson, Marine Raider

By Duane Schultz

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About the book

On August 17, 1942, ten days after American marines had stormed Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, two U.S. submarines secretly delivered a small force from the newly formed 2nd Marine Raider Battalion to Japanese-occupied Makin Island one thousand miles to the north. The raid was intended to gather intelligence and divert attention from the main American attack to the south. News of the success of this special operation took hold of the American imagination and provided a much needed boost to ...Show more

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ISBN

9781594161940

Publisher

Westholme Publishing, U.S.

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Evans Carlson, Marine Raider

Format

Hardcover

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