Black Dragon : The Experience of a Marine Rifle Company in the Central Pacific /

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"Black Dragon is the unique account of a single Marine Rifle company-2-F-23, or "Fox" Company-and its drive through the central Pacific in World War II. Author Steven D. McCloud, through painstaking research in battlefield reports and extensive interviews with surviving members of Fox...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McCloud, Steven D., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Regiment, 23rd. > Battalion, 2nd. > Company F > History.
Regimental histories.
Military campaigns.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Marshall Islands.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
United States.
Pacific Ocean.
Northern Mariana Islands.
Marshall Islands.
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Lt. Gen. Lawrence F. Snowden
  • Introduction
  • Old Corps
  • China Marine
  • Readying for Battle
  • Birth of 2-F-23
  • New River
  • Camp Pendleton
  • War in the Central Pacific
  • First Fight, Roi-Namur
  • To the Marshalls
  • Roi-Namur, First Fight
  • On to Maui
  • Saipan
  • The Long Leap in the Pacific
  • To the Marianas
  • Amphibious Blitzkrieg
  • Expansion of the Beachhead
  • The Marines' Death Valley
  • Pursuit to the North
  • Fighting on Eastern Saipan
  • Cutting Off the Japanese
  • Banzai!
  • Getting It Over With
  • Tinian
  • A Brief Rest
  • Tinian Landing
  • First Night
  • Mop-Up
  • Back to Maui
  • Iwo Jima
  • Readying for "Island X"
  • Iwo Jima, the Landing
  • Corps Reserve, 20-27 February
  • Hill 382
  • Reserve Again, 1-5 March
  • The Big Push
  • Back Up, 6 March
  • Dillon Returns, 7 March
  • The Corridor, 8 March
  • The Counterattack
  • An Eerie Quiet
  • Leaving the
  • Victory and Home
  • Next, Japan
  • Last Days and Victory
  • Farewell, Maui Marines
  • Life and Reunion
  • Reunion Era
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendixes
  • Postwar Lives
  • 2-F-23 Killed.

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