THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
IN WORLD WAR II
Compiled and Edited by
S.E. Smith
VG/VG. Dust jacket in mylar. (NY: Random House, 1969). First Printing.
Introduction by LtGen Julian C. Smith. Sixteen maps, one hundred-forty Official Marine Corps photographs,
index, 964 pages. (Over 2 inches thick).
"This companion volume to Mr Smith's highly acclaimed The United States Navy in World War II surpasses in drama and excitement that previous work. Here is one of the most stirring and heroic sagas of American history, told by the men who have lived it and the best writers who have studied and re-created it. these superb pieces -- over 100 of them -- have been skillfully woven together and supplied with connecting text to form a continuous and unflagging narrative.
~~~ From the heroic stand at Wake Island to the little-known Japanese surrender to the Marines in North China, this magnificent compilation covers the whole stirring pageant of the U.S. Marines in World War II -- the long sea drive which actually met and bested a determined enemy in the fiercest pitched battle ever fought. From Guadalcanal through Bougainville, Tarawa, New Britain, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu and Iwo to the muddy slopes of Shuri Castle on Okinawa, here is the valor and endurance of our most celebrated fighting men as told by their letters and diaries, by battle reports, contemporary histories, war correspondents, first-person recollections and the finest writers on the subject. Military and civilian contributors include Generals MacArthur, Howlin' Mad Smith and Vandegrift. Admiral Nimitz, Joe Foss, Major Devereux, Hanson Baldwin, Richard Tregaskis, John Toland, Robert Leckie, Ernie Pyle, John Hersey and scores of others."
A very presentable copy of the most comprehensive anthology of the Marines in WWII.
Originally published in 1969 at $17.95, now long-since OUT OF PRINT.
$75.00
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