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In Guadalcanal Marine, Kerry L. Lane recounts the dark reality of combat experienced by the men of the 1st Marine Division fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. With eighty gripping photographs and his text, he brings to life the struggles of his companions as they achieve these two astonishi...

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Autor principal: Lane, Kerry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lane, Kerry.
United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Regiment, 1st.
United States. > Marine Corps.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Sous-officiers > Biographies.
United States. > Marine Corps > Non-commissioned officers > Biography.
Regimental histories.
Military campaigns.
Armed Forces > Non-commissioned officers.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Pacifique, Ocean.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unites > États-Unis.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
United States.
Pacific Area.
Recits personnels.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > American.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Guadalcanal Marine, Kerry L. Lane recounts the dark reality of combat experienced by the men of the 1st Marine Division fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. With eighty gripping photographs and his text, he brings to life the struggles of his companions as they achieve these two astonishing victories. Lane, a sixteen-year-old farm boy from North Carolina, battled the Japanese and rose to heroism powering a bulldozer to bridge ""Suicide Creek"" in the swamps on Cape Gloucester. There he led his Marine comrades to victory. Lane describes the trials of the common Marine serving in
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781604730555

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