US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1944–45
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1st Provisional Marine Brigade
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5th 6th Division
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Guam
illustrated
Iwo Jima
MarDiv
Okinawa
organisation
Peleliu
Second World War 2 II
tactic
training
units
WWII WW2
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- ISBN 9781841766591
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 184 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 22 Oct 2004
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In late 1944 the US Marine Corps prepared for the toughest battles of the war.
It had grown to 35,598 officers, 5,384 officer candidates, and 366,353 enlisted Marines, totaling 431,573 personnel, and now comprised of two amphibious corps, six divisions, 26 non-divisional artillery battalions, and numerous support and service units.
Following on from Battle Orders 1 and 7, this book examines the continuing development of the Corps' organization, its training, tactics, weaponry, and command structure. It details the formation of the 5th and 6th Marine Divisions and the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, and examines the Corps' performance in the brutal battles on Guam, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, and its deployment as an occupation force.
Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70. Gordon was a civilian contract Special Operations Forces Intelligence Specialist at the Army's Joint Readiness Center, Ft Polk, and is now a highly respected and established author.
