THE ASSAULT ON PELELIU

Major Frank O. Hough USMCR

NEW. Battery Press, 1990. Reprinted from the Historical Division, US Marine Corps edition of 1950. NEW. Gilt lettering & decorations on red cloth with pictorial red, black & white dust jacket. 8.5x11. Profusely illustrated with photographs, charts and maps. Notes, appendices, index, 210 pp. Main headings in table of contents as follows: Background; Planning & Preparation; D-Day on Peleliu; Second Operational Phase; "A Horrible Place"; Third Operational Phase; The Umurbrogol Pocket; The Wildcats Take Over; Conclusion. Appendices as follows: Bibliography; STALEMATE II and the Philippines Campaign; Japanese Defensive Concept; Japanese Caves; Aviation at Peleliu; The Mysterious Mission of Murai; Marine Order of Battle for Peleliu; Command & Staff.

$38.00