Transcriber’s note: Table of Contents added by Transcriberand placed into the Public Domain.
Contents
- First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
- SIDEBAR: General Alexander A. Vandegrift
- The Landing and August Battles
- SIDEBAR: First Marine Utility Uniform Issued in World War II
- SIDEBAR: LVT (1)—The ‘Amtrac’
- SIDEBAR: General Vandegrift and His 1st Marine Division Staff
- SIDEBAR: The Coastwatchers
- SIDEBAR: The 1st Marine Division Patch
- September and the Ridge
- SIDEBAR: Sergeant Major Sir Jacob Charles Vouza
- SIDEBAR: M3A1 37mm Antitank Gun
- SIDEBAR: Douglas Albert Munro
- October and the Japanese Offensive
- SIDEBAR: Reising Gun
- November and the Continuing Buildup
- SIDEBAR: 75mm Pack Howitzer—Workhorse of the Artillery
- SIDEBAR: The Japanese Model 89 (1929) 50mm Heavy Grenade Discharger
- December and the Final Stages
- SIDEBAR: The ‘George’ Medal
- Sources
- About the Author
- About this series of pamphlets
- Transcriber’s Notes
First Offensive:
The Marine Campaign
For Guadalcanal
Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series
By Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
A Marine machine gunnerand his Browning .30-caliber M1917heavy machine gun stand guard while1st Marine Division engineers clean upin the Lunga River.
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