Description |
1 online resource (xii, 169 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Potomac's military controversies |
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Military controversies.
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Contents |
The raiders -- The raid -- Conflicting reports -- The left behind -- Victors' justice -- Pacific heroes -- Carlson and Roosevelt after the raid -- The search for the forgotten raiders -- A search through history -- The interpreters -- Good news |
Summary |
On October 16, 1942, on Kwajalein Atoll, at the fringe of the Japanese Empire, members of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 6th Base Unit ceremonially beheaded nine Marines from the 2nd Raider Battalion. The captives held no hopes for pardon or for rescue as they walked blindfolded, one by one, to the spot of execution, which also became their burial site. The Marine Corps and their families already thought they were dead, the men knew. Forgotten Raiders of '42 is the account of how these volunteer patriots, unbeknownst to their command, were inadvertently left behind after the Marines' raid on Maki |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-160) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd.
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SUBJECT |
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd fast |
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USA Marine Corps gnd |
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Makin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Kiribati -- Makin Atoll
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Death
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Prisoners of war -- Kiribati -- Makin Atoll -- Death
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military operations, Amphibious
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Atrocities
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Kriegsgefangener
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Kiribati
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Kiribati -- Makin Atoll
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United States
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Butaritari
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781612343471 |
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1612343473 |
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