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1) Evans Carlson, Marine raider: the man who commanded America's first special forces / Duane Schultz
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Publisher
Westholme Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On August 17, 1942, ten days after American marines had stormed Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, two U.S. submarines secretly delivered a small force from the newly formed 2nd Marine Raider Battalion to Japanese-occupied Makin Island one thousand miles to the north. The raid was intended to gather intelligence and divert attention from the main American attack to the south. News of the success of this special operation took hold of the American...
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