Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
 
Contents
Creating the Raiders
Shaping the Raiders
Getting to the Fight
Makin
Tulagi
Tasimboko
Edson's Ridge
Matanikau
The Long Patrol
Reshaping the Raiders
New Georgia
Enogai
Bairoko
Bougainville
The Raider Legacy
Sources
Biographies
Major General Merritt A. Edson
Brigadier General Evans F. Carlson
Special Subjects
Destroyer Transports
Raiders Weapons and Equipment
The Raider Training Center
The Raider Patch

FROM MAKIN TO BOUGAINVILLE: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War
by Major Jon T Hoffman, USMCR


Browning machine gun
The Browning air-cooled .30-caliber machine gun was the weapon of choice for raider battalions because of its low weight in comparison to other available machine guns. The raider battalions were not armed with heavy weapons. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 56108



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