Devil dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines from Guadalcanal to the shores of Japan
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First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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xx, 604 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction
940.5412 David
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"The 'Devil Dogs' of King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines--part of the legendary 1st Marine Division--were among the first American troops to take the offensive in World [War] II--and also the last."
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781639361991
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Includes bibliographical references ([536]-587) and index.
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"The 'Devil Dogs' of King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines--part of the legendary 1st Marine Division--were among the first American troops to take the offensive in World [War] II--and also the last."
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David, S. Devil dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines from Guadalcanal to the shores of Japan. First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)David, Saul. Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)David, Saul, Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan. .
MLA Citation (style guide)David, Saul. Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan. First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Maps -- Foreword -- Introduction -- "I would've followed him anywhere" : Southwest Pacific, 6 August 1942 -- "Where I'm going will either make or break me" : Southwest Pacific, 6 August 1942 -- "Will I run? Will I be afraid?" : British Solomon Islands, 7 August 1942 -- "You think we'll ever get off this damned island?" : Guadalcanal, 8-11 August 1942 -- The Goettge Patrol : Guadalcanal, 8-11 August 1942 -- "Boy, they were a sight for sore eyes!" : Guadalcanal, 18 August-14 September 1942 -- "A pesthole that reeked of death, struggle and disease" : Guadalcanal, September 1942 -- "Thirty hours of pure hell" : Guadalcanal, October 1942 -- "It was just a crazy thing to do" : the Battle of Point Cruz, 1-4 November 1942 -- "We've got the bastards licked!" : Guadalcanal, 7 November-9 December 1942 -- "Saviours of Australia" : Brisbane and Melbourne, December 1942-January 1943 -- "The trick is to turn just fast enough" : Camp Balcombe, January-March 1943 -- New arrivals : Camp Balcombe, January-March 1943 -- Planning for action : Southwest Pacific, March-December 1943 -- "Green hell" : Cape Gloucester, 26 December 1943-2 January 1944 -- Suicide Creek : Cape Gloucester, 3-4 January 1944 -- Walt's Ridge : Cape Gloucester, 9-10 January 1944 -- Seek and destroy : New Britain, January-February 1944 -- Operation Appease : Talasea, March 1944 -- "The sickness, the rain, the spider" : New Britain, March-May 1944 -- "Whose bright idea was this anyway?" : Pavuvu Island, May 1944 -- Changing places : Pavuvu Island, May-June 1944 -- Operation Stalemate : Southwest Pacific, June-July, 1944 -- Sledgehammer : Pavuvu Island, June 1944 -- "They really put on a show" : Pavuvu Island, June-August 1944 -- "This is going to be a short one, a quickie" : Southwest Pacific, July-September 1944 -- "Move it! Move it!" : Peleliu, 15 September 1944 -- "They're Nip tanks!" : Peleliu, 15 September 1944 -- "Everywhere shells flashed like giant firecrackers" : Peleliu, 16-17 September 1944 -- "I never saw such agonized expressions" : Peleliu, 20-25 September 1944 -- "I'm hit! Christ, I'm hit!" : Sniper's Alley, 25-26 September 1944 -- "Put the man out of his misery!" : Ngesebus Island, 28-29 September 1944 -- "Shit, they're behind us!" : Umurbrogol Pocket, 1-4 October 1944 -- "Hillbilly and Ack-Ack" : Umurbrogol Pocket, 5-12 October 1944 -- The lucky few : 13-29 October 1944 -- "We were worn down and sobered" : Pavuvu Island, October-November 1944 -- Where next? : Southwest Pacific, December 1944-February 1945 -- "The road to certain victory" : Okinawa, March 1944-February 1945 -- "In some ways it was bigger than D-Day" : from the Solomons to the Ryukyus, March 1945 -- Love Day : Okinawa, 1 April 1945 -- "We were euphoric, undisciplined, and stupid" : Okinawa, 2-10 April 1945 -- "I burned the whole village to the ground" : Okinawa, 13-26 April 1945 -- "Hit the deck and dig in!" : North of the Asa River, 1-3 May 1945 -- "We gotta get the hell outta here" : Death Valley, 4-9 May 1945 -- "Hell's own cesspool" : Wana Draw and Half Moon Hill, 11-24 May 1945 -- "Wild-eyed expressions of shock and fear" : Maggot Ridge to Shuri Castle, 25-29 May 1945 -- The final stretch : Tskuazan to Kunishi Ridge, 3-18 June 1945 -- End game : Kiyan Peninsula, 18-30 June 1945 -- "We sure have a lot to be thankful for" : Motobu Peninsula, 27 June-17 August 1945 -- Postscript: "We'd forged a bond that time would never erase" : returning home, summer 1944-July 2020. | |
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