SAIPAN: THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Major Carl W. Hoffman USMC

NEW. Battery Press, Nashville, 1988. Reprinted from the 1950 edition. Gilt lettering & decorations on red cloth with pictorial red, black & white dust jacket. 8.5x11. Profusely illustrated with photographs, charts & maps. Appendices, index, 220 pp. Main headings in table of contents as follows: Plans and Preparations; D-day ~ 15 June 1944; Expansion of the Beachhead; Drive to the North; Swing to Tanapag; Saito’s Last Battle; Conclusion. Appendicies as follows: Bibliography; Chronology; Casualties; Command & Staff List of Major Units, Kyle’s Mission; Basic Organization: Higher Echelon Task Forces; Task Organization; Japanese Order of Battle; The Last Days of General Saito; Navy Unit Commendation; Distinguished Unit Citation.



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