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US Marine Corps Pacific theater of operations. 2, 1943-44
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- Creator
- Gordon Rottman ; consultant editor, Duncan Anderson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Oxford : Osprey, 2004
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 96 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1841766518, 9781841766515
- OCLC
- ocm56644765
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Combat mission : Expanding the Marine Corps ; Further growth of the FMF ; A new division ; Fleet Marine Force, Pacific -- Unit organization : Unit designation practices ; 1943-44 divisional organization ; The infantry regiment ; The artillery regiment ; Engineer regiments ; Speicial troops ; Service troops ; Separate infantry regiment organization ; Splitting the defense battalions ; Amphibian units ; Amphibious corps organization ; Task organization for combat -- Tactics : Amphibious assault ; Clearing the island ; Fire support -- Weapons and equipment : Individual weapons ; Crew-served infantry weapons ; Artillery ; Tanks -- Command, control, communications, and intelligence : Command and control ; Communications ; Intelligence -- Combat operations : Unit status ; Tarawa ; New Britain ; Roi-Namur ; Eniwetok ; Saipan ; Tinian -- Lessons learned -- Chronology