THE DEFENSE OF WAKE and MARINES AT MIDWAY

LtCol Robert D. Heinl, Jr. USMC

Battery Press, 1990. Reprint of the Historical Section, Headquarters US Marine Corps 1947 and 1948 editions. NEW. Pictorial dust jacket over red boards with gilt lettering & decoration. 8.5x11.25. Photographs, maps, charts, aerial photographs, notes. THE DEFENSE OF WAKE: Main headings in table of contents as follows: Wake in the Shadow of War; The Enemy Strikes; Attacks through 22 December; The Fall of Wake; Conclusions. Appendices as follows: Documentation & Bibliography; Prewar History of Wake, 1586-1941; US & Japanese Casualties; Wake Chronology; US and Japanese Task Organization & Command Structures; The Surrender of Wake by the Japanese; Terrain & Hydrography; Command & Staff, Marine Detachment. 78 pp. MARINES AT MIDWAY: Main headings in table of contents as follows: Birth of a Base; War Comes to Midway; Girding for Battle; The Battle, 4-5 June 1942. Appendices as follows: Documentation & Bibliography; Midway Chronology; Navy Unit Commendations, 6th Defense Battalion, FMF; Events at Battery D, 7 December 1941; Preparations of MAG-22 for Battle; Dive Bomber Pilot's Narrative, Battle of Midway; Staff & Command List; Marine Corps Units Participating in Battle of Midway.

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