Carlson's Marine Raiders - Makin Island 1942 by Gordon L. Rottman, Mark Stacey, Johnny Shumate

Carlson's Marine Raiders - Makin Island 1942

Raid #44

Gordon L. Rottman, Mark Stacey, Johnny Shumate

80 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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On August 17-18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on the Japanese-occupied Makin Island in the South Pacific. This ambitious but flawed operation was intended to divert Japanese reinforc...

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