Guadalcanal Marine / Kerry L. Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Kerry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 1st.

United States.

United States. Marine Corps--Non-commissioned officers--Biography.

Lane, Kerry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Guadalcanal Marine, Kerry L. Lane recounts the dark reality of combat experienced by the men of the 1st Marine Division fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. With eighty gripping photographs and his text, he brings to life the struggles of his companions as they achieve these two astonishing victories. Lane, a sixteen-year-old farm boy from North Carolina, battled the Japanese and rose to heroism powering a bulldozer to bridge ""Suicide Creek"" in the swamps on Cape Gloucester. There he led his Marine comrades to victory. Lane describes the trials of the common Mari

Contents:

Cover; Contents; X; Introduction; Abbreviations and Terms; Key to Military Map Symbols; Part I. Guadalcanal; 1.Making of a Marine; 2. Preparing for Combat; 3. Wartime Expansion; 4. Shoving off to Make History; 5. Guadalcanal, Their Finest Hour; 6. Stranded; 7. The Battle of the Tenaru; 8. The Battle of Bloody Ridge; 9. After the Ridge; 10. September Matanikau Action; 11. October Matanikau Battle; 12. Second Assault on Bloody Ridge; 13. The Final Phase of the Campaign; 14. Guadalcanal in Perspective; 15. Departing for the Land Down Under; 16. Australia Remembered; 17. Going Back to War

Part II. Cape Gloucester18. Cape Gloucester, the Green Inferno; 19. The Battle of Suicide Creek; 20. Cape Gloucester in Perspective; 21. Pavuvu; 22. Homeward Bound; 23. The Last Post; Glossary; America terms; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; K; M; P; S; T; U; Australian terms; A; B; C; D; F; G; S; Japanese terms; B; H; R; S; T; Z; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-65796-1

1-60473-055-2

1-4237-3204-9

OCLC:

191935398