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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wiles, Tripp
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Military controversies.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd.
USA > Marine Corps
1939-1945
Geschichte 1942.
Makin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Amphibious operations.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Kiribati > Makin Atoll.
Prisoners of war > United States > Death.
Prisoners of war > Kiribati > Makin Atoll > Death.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des japonais.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations amphibies.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military operations, Amphibious
Atrocities.
Kriegsgefangener
Kiribati.
Kiribati > Makin Atoll.
United States.
Butaritari
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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