Carlson's Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942 by Gordon L. Rottman

Carlson's Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942

Raid #44

Gordon L. Rottman with Johnny Shumate (Illustrator), Mark Stacey (Illustrator)

80 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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After the Guadalcanal landings, Admiral Nimitz wanted to distract Japanese attention by launching an amphibious raid elswhere. Foreshadowing Bloody Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and countless other landings in the face of intense Japanese resistance, ...

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