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First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal, by Henry I. Shaw, Jr

First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal, by Henry I. Shaw, Jr

by Henry I. Shaw

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Author
Shaw, Henry I.
Title
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
Credits
Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
D731: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War II (1939-1945)
Subject
Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973
Category
Text
eBook-No.
48807
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48807
Release Date
April 27, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Contents — First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal
  2. 2.First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
  3. 3.General Alexander A. Vandegrift
  4. 4.The Landing and August Battles
  5. 5.First Marine Utility Uniform Issued in World War II
  6. 6.LVT (1)—The ‘Amtrac’
  7. 7.General Vandegrift and His 1st Marine Division Staff — The General and His Officers on Guadalcanal, According to the Chart
  8. 8.The Coastwatchers
  9. 9.The 1st Marine Division Patch
  10. 10.September and the Ridge
  11. 11.Sergeant Major Sir Jacob Charles Vouza
  12. 12.M3A1 37mm Antitank Gun
  13. 13.October and the Japanese Offensive
  14. 14.Reising Gun
  15. 15.November and the Continuing Buildup
  16. 16.75mm Pack Howitzer—Workhorse of the Artillery
  17. 17.The Japanese Model 89 (1929) 50mm Heavy Grenade Discharger
  18. 18.December and the Final Stages
  19. 19.The ‘George’ Medal
  20. 20.Sources
  21. 21.About the Author
  22. 22.Untitled
  23. 23.Transcriber’s Notes

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