Forgotten Raiders of '42 : The Fate of the Marines Left Behind on Makin /

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On October 16, 1942, on Kwajalein Atoll, at the fringe of the Japanese Empire, members of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 6th Base Unit ceremonially beheaded nine Marines from the 2nd Raider Battalion. The captives held no hopes for pardon or for rescue as they walked blindfolded, one by one, to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wiles, Tripp
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2007.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
USA > Marine Corps
United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd.
Kriegsgefangener
Atrocities.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Operations amphibies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des japonais.
Prisoners of war > Kiribati > Makin Atoll > Death.
Prisoners of war > United States > Death.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Kiribati > Makin Atoll.
World War, 1939-1945 > Amphibious operations.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Makin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942.
Butaritari
United States.
Kiribati > Makin Atoll.
Kiribati.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The raiders
  • The raid
  • Conflicting reports
  • The left behind
  • Victors' justice
  • Pacific heroes
  • Carlson and Roosevelt after the raid
  • The search for the forgotten raiders
  • A search through history
  • The interpreters
  • Good news.

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