US Marine Corps Uniforms and Equipment in World War II
$49.98
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2019
Summary
The United States Marine Corps was one of the phenomena of the Second World War. Greatly expanded from its pre-war order of battle of scattered defence battalions, overseas garrisons and ship detachments, it became a multi-division force bearing the brunt of the hardest fighting across the whole vast expanse of the Pacific theatre of operations. In August 1942 Marines were among the first to strike back at the Japanese in the jungles of Guadalcanal; Marine Raider battalions were formed to car…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526749048 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1526749041 |
| Author: | Jim Moran |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Frontline Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 203mm x 247mm |
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Jim Moran
Born in 1954 in Sheffield, England, JIM MORAN lives in Yorkshire with his wife and daughter. Following a grammar school education, Jim has had a forty-year-long career as a civil engineering surveyor working on major highway and airbase construction projects, both in the UK and overseas. Jim has been a student of the history of the United States Marine Corps, massing a huge collection over the past forty years. He has assisted Hollywood productions on uniform and equipment details for Flags of our Fathers, The Pacific (HBO mini-series) and Windtalkers. Jim is an associate member of the Second Marine Division Association, US Marine Raider Association, Marine Corps Association, and US Marine Corps League as well as being the ‘on-board ’ historian to the US Marine Corps League, Det 1088 (UK).
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