Carlson's Marine Raiders - Makin Island 1942 by Gordon L. Rottman, Mark Stacey, Johnny Shumate

Raid #44

Carlson's Marine Raiders - Makin Island 1942

Gordon L. Rottman, Mark Stacey, Johnny Shumate

80 pages 2014

2 editions

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On August 17-18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on the Japanese-occupied Makin Island in the South Pacific. This ambitious but flawed operation was intended to divert Japanese reinforc...

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