On the Canal :
by Marion, Ore J.
Series: Stackpole Military history series Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Stackpole Books, (Mechanicsburg, PA :) Physical details: v, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. ISBN:0811731499.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 940.54265933092 Mar (Browse shelf) | Available | John Klemm | 84559 |
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| 940.54260973 O'Re Killing the Rising Sun : | 940.54265933 Fra Guadalcanal | 940.54265933 Smi The do-or-die men : | 940.54265933092 Mar On the Canal : | 940.5426693 Pea Pearl Harbor | 940.5426693 Wei Long day's journey into war : | 940.5428 Gar The thousand-mile war |
Includes index.
Late July-Early August 1942 --
Our journey to Guadalcanal --
The second half of August 1942 --
September 1942 --
October 1942 --
November and early December 1942 --
Three Guadalcanals --
The cobbers --
Epilogue : a note to Iwo Jima.
A straightforward, gripping tale from the Marines that stormed ashore on Guadalcanal in World War II. Told with humor and honesty in a no-holds-barred approach that only a Marine who was there could tell. Excerpt on firing a rifle grenade: "I jammed the rifle stock tight against my shoulder, raised myself up off the ground to a kneeling position, and squeezed the trigger. The rifle went bang! And the recoil jarred it loose from my grip. The rifle smacked me hard in the jaw. With that, I went down on my face while the little bluebirds started going tweet, tweet, tweet around my head. 'Did I hit it?' I asked. 'Yeah, you hit it, ' Flash said. 'The thing just didn't work. 'We finally ran into somebody from another unit, a guy who really understood how the new style grenade was supposed to work. We explained our misfortune to him, and he asked us did you pull the firing pin out!"
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