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Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa
Col. Joseph H. Alexander Usmc (Ret.)
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Description for Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 42 b/w photos; 19 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKCM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
On November 20, l943, in the first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, five thousand men stormed the beaches of Tarawa, a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress barely the size of the Pentagon parking lots (three-hundred acres!). Before the first day ended, one third of the Marines who had crossed Tarawa's deadly reef under murderous fire were killed, wounded, or missing. In three days of fighting, four Americans would win the Medal of Honor and six-thousand combatants would die. The bloody conquest of Tarawa by the newly created Central Pacific Force provided the first trial ... Read more
On November 20, l943, in the first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, five thousand men stormed the beaches of Tarawa, a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress barely the size of the Pentagon parking lots (three-hundred acres!). Before the first day ended, one third of the Marines who had crossed Tarawa's deadly reef under murderous fire were killed, wounded, or missing. In three days of fighting, four Americans would win the Medal of Honor and six-thousand combatants would die. The bloody conquest of Tarawa by the newly created Central Pacific Force provided the first trial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591140030
SKU
V9781591140030
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About Col. Joseph H. Alexander Usmc (Ret.)
Colonel Alexander became a military historian In Asheville, NC after retiring from the Marine Corps. He has written five books and helped produce 25 documentaries for the History Channel, A&E, PBS, and Fox News. He was chief historian, exhibit design team
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