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

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