Capt James R. Stockman

Battery Press, Nashville. Reprint of the Historical Section, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps 1947 edition. 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, 87 pp. Main headings in table of contents as follows: Introduction; The First Day, 20 November 1943; The Second Day, 21 November 1943; The Third Day, 22 November 1943; The Island Is Secured; Mission Completed; Conclusion. Appendices as follows: Bibliography; Marine Casualties; Japanese Casualties; Chronology; United States Task Organizations; Japanese Garrison Force Organization~Tarawa, 20 November 1943; Brief History of the Gilbert Islands Before the Japanese Invasion; Command & Staff~V Amphibious Corps & 2d Marine Division, 20 November 1943; Estimated Against Actual Enemy Weapon Emplacements, Betio Island, Tarawa; Message from MajGen Julian C. Smith to Officers & Men, 2nd Marine Division.

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED BY THE PUBLISHER, and he has no plans to reprint it.

$40.00