Battalion of the damned : the 1st Marine paratroopers at Gavutu and Bloody Ridge, 1942 /

Battalion of the damned : the 1st Marine paratroopers at Gavutu and Bloody Ridge, 1942 /

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Author / Creator:	Christ, James F.
Imprint:	Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2007.
Description:	xiv, 320 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Marine Corps. -- Parachute Battalion, 1st. United States. -- Marine Corps. -- Parachute Battalion, 1st. Guadalcanal, Battle of (Solomon Islands : 1942-1943) World War (1939-1945) Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Tulaghi Island. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Ghavutu Island. World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations. World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States. Military campaigns. Regimental histories. Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands -- Ghavutu Island. Solomon Islands -- Tulaghi Island. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6325102

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ISBN:	9781591141143 (alk. paper) 1591141141 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-310) and index.

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Summary:	Based primarily on interviews with the marines who were there, this volume reconstructs the six weeks spent in the Pacific theater of World War II by the First Marine Parachute Division. One of the prime impetuses for the volume is to highlight the neglected, yet extremely costly, contributions made by the division to the assault on Guadalcanal in
Physical Description:	xiv, 320 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-310) and index.
ISBN:	9781591141143 1591141141