ISBN10: 0817312900, ISBN13: 9780817312909, [publisher: The University of Alabama Press, Alabama] Softcover Paperback. As a press officer in the Marine Corps Reserve, Merillat was particularly well positioned to record the military action, in both the command head-quarters and on the front lines. His combat memoir offers on-the-spot reportage of the beachhead assault by marines in August 1942; the Allied loss of four cruisers in sea battles with Japanese torpedo planes; the ground action at the Battle of Bloody Ridge; the four Japanese counter-offensives and repulsions; the American victory following six exhaustive months; and, afterwards, the island's conversion into a major base of Allied operations. Guadalancal was a pivotal World War II battle in the Pacific Theatre. As a press officer in the Marine Corps Reserve, Merillat was particularly well positioned to record the military action and this combat memoir offers on-the-spot reportage of all the action. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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