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
Main Author: Wiles, Tripp
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 the spot of execution, which also became their burial site. The Marine Corps and their families already thought they were dead, the men knew. Forgotten Raiders of '42 is the account of how these volunteer patriots, unbeknownst to their command, were inadvertently left behind after the Marines' raid on Maki.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781612343471

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