Marion, Ore J.
On the Canal : the Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal, 1942 / Ore J. Marion with Thomas Cuddihy and Edward Cuddihy. - 1st ed. - Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2004. - v, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Stackpole Military history series .
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!"
0811731499
2003024145
Marion, Ore J.
United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 5th. Battalion, 3rd. Company L.
Guadalcanal, Battle of--1942-1943
World War--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
Marines--United States--Biography.
D767.98 / .M34 2004
940.54265933092 Mar 15
On the Canal : the Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal, 1942 / Ore J. Marion with Thomas Cuddihy and Edward Cuddihy. - 1st ed. - Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2004. - v, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Stackpole Military history series .
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!"
0811731499
2003024145
Marion, Ore J.
United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 5th. Battalion, 3rd. Company L.
Guadalcanal, Battle of--1942-1943
World War--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
Marines--United States--Biography.
D767.98 / .M34 2004
940.54265933092 Mar 15