Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons
by John C. Chapin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Chapin, John C. (John Carsten), 1920-2008
- 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/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D731: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War II (1939-1945)
- Subject
- Solomon Islands -- History, Military
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 48808
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48808
- Release Date
- April 27, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Contents — Top of the Ladder : Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons
- 2.Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons
- 3.Major General Allen H. Turnage, USMC
- 4.Planning the Operation
- 5.3d Marine Division
- 6.Diversionary Landings
- 7.The Coastwatchers
- 8.Battle at Sea
- 9.Action Ashore: Koromokina
- 10.37th Infantry Division
- 11.The Battle for Piva Trail
- 12.War Dogs
- 13.The Coconut Grove Battle
- 14.Navajo Code Talkers
- 15.‘Corpsman!’
- 16.Piva Forks Battle
- 17.Hand Grenade Hill
- 18.The Koiari Raid
- 19.Hellzapoppin Ridge
- 20.Epilogue
- 21.Bougainville Finale
- 22.Sources
- 23.About the Author
- 24.Untitled
- 25.Transcriber’s Notes
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