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The Do-Or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal

Smith, George W.

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The Do-Or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal

"The gripping true account of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion -- from its formation and training to its heroic baptism under fire in the battles of Tulagi and Guadalcanal. No campaign in World War II was undertaken with as many shortcomings as Operation Watchtower -- the invasion of Guadalcanal in the summer of 1942. Rushed into action with little training, virtually no enemy intelligence, and using equipment left over from World War I, the gutsy-but-green men of the 1st Marine Division and its attached units were thrown headlong into what would become one of the bloodiest battles of the war. During almost four trying months of constant shelling, bombing, and ground attacks, the 1st Marine Division defied all the odds and somehow managed to beat the hardened Japanese troops at their own game. No campaign in World War II was conducted with as much ferocity. No campaign saw such sustained violence on land, at sea, and in the air. And no other campaign hung in the balance for so long -- to finally be won by the unrelenting courage of a group of American heroes who never gave up the fight. "

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Title of ebook: The Do-Or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal
ISBN: 9780743490375
Publisher: Pocket Books
Internet download file size: 719 kb
Released online for download: 08-25-2003
Author of eBook: Smith, George W.

Do-Or-Die Men

The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal

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Chapter One: Background

When Adm. Chester W. Nimitz assumed command of the Pacific Fleet on December 31, 1941, a little more than three weeks after the disaster at Pearl Harbor, his orders from his boss, Adm. Ernest J. King, were to cover and hold the Hawaii-Midway line, maintain communications with the West Coast and try to protect the sea lanes to Australia.

There was no talk of any offensive action. That probably wouldn't happen until at least January of 1943, Nimitz was told.

America's first offensive priority would be directed at stopping Germany. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had reached an agreement with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that the defeat of Adolf Hitler's regime was paramount to democracy's survival. Having overrun much of Europe, the Germa ... read full excerpt from The Do-Or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal ebook