Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
Contents
Introduction
Humbled by Sizeable Casualties
Still No Help
All Hands Have Behaved Splendidly
This Is As Far As We Go
A Difficult Thing To Do
Sources
Biographies
Major James P. S. Devereux
Commander Winfield S. Cunningham
Major Paul A. Putnam
Captain Henry T. Elrod
Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher
Special Subjects
Defensive Mainstay: The M3 Antiaircraft Gun
The Nells, Bettys, and Claudes of Japan
The Defense Battalion's 5-Inch Guns
A MAGNIFICENT FIGHT: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island
by Charles R. Smith
In 1945, RAdm Sigematsu Sakaibara, back to camera at right, surrenders his garrison to returning Americans.
Department of Defense (USMC) Photo 133686
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Commemorative Series
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