major charles melson (21 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 32 pages, oversize, Photos, Brand New!

Soft cover. Condición: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 36 pages, oversize, photos, Brand New! Never Read!

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 258 pages, oversize, maps, Very good in soft covers. edge wear and corner of cover bent.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Oversized stapled softcover. Some crinkling at the spine column and minor bending at the corners. Interior clean and unmarked. A volume in the Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. 37 pp., black and white photos throughout.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Flat with a tight binding, sharp edges and corners, no markings.

Condición: New.

(Subject: Post World War II - Gulf, Middle East, Afghanistan) The experiences of the US Marine Corp in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Includes "Squinting at Death [Snipers]", "1st Day of the War", 1st Marine Division in the Attack", 3rd Marines in desert Storm, "If it didn't have a white flag we shot it", and more. (Published: 1992) (Publisher: US Marine Corps) (ISBN: 0160380715) (Pagination: x + 256pp, 34 maps, order of battle, large format) (Condition: shelf wear only, vg) UL-XXXXXX.

(Subject: World War II - Pacific) The record of the US Marines Corps, ground and aviation units in the Central Solomons, 1943-44. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Marine Corps Hist. Branch) (Pagination: 37pp, 53 photos, 7 maps, table) (Condition: covers rubbed ow vg) UL-XXXXXX.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Includes numerous maps. 258pp. Surface peeling from top and bottom of spine, particularly heavy at head of spine. Light wear to edges of wraps. One gathering within the book has become detached but is still present.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 311, indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones, maps &tc. . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . The Marines website notes: "This is the eighth volume of a projected nine-volume history of Marine Corps operations in the Vietnam War. A separate functional series complements the operational histories.This volume details the activities of Marine Corps units after the departure from Vietnam in 1971 of Ill Marine Amphibious Force, through to the 1973 ceasefire, and includes the return of Marine prisoners of war from North Vietnam. Written from diverse views and sources, the common thread in this narrative is the continued resistance of the South Vietnamese Armed Forces, in particular the Vietnamese Marine Corps, to Communist aggression. This book is written from the perspective of the American Marines who assisted them in their efforts. Someday the former South Vietnamese Marines will be able to tell their own story". In exceptionally good condition.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Japan, its military leaders confident they could stagger the United States and gain time to seize the oil and other natural resources necessary to dominate the western Pacific, attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, sinking or badly damaging 18 ships, destroying some 200 aircraft, and killing more than 2,300 American servicemen. Though caught by surprise, Marines of the 1st, 3d, and 4th Defense Battalions standing guard in Hawaii fought back as best they could. Few heavy weapons were yet in place, and ammunition remained stored on shipboard, along with many of the guns. Nevertheless, these units had eight antiaircraft machine guns in action within six minutes after the first bombs exploded at 0755. By 0820, 13 machine guns were manned and ready, and they cut loose when a second wave of Japanese aircraft began its attack a few minutes later. Unfortunately, shells for the 3-inch antiaircraft guns did not reach the hurriedly deployed firing batteries until after the second and final wave of attacking aircraft had completed its deadly work. The Marines responded to the surprise raid with small arms and an eventual total of 25 machine guns, claiming the destruction of three aircraft during the morning's fighting. As the Japanese aircraft carriers withdrew after the raid on Pearl Harbor, a pair of enemy destroyers began shelling Midway Island shortly before midnight on 7 December to neutralize the aircraft based there. Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II is a narrative of the activities of the defense battalions during the Pacific War. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign began with Japanese landings and occupation of several areas in the British Solomon Islands and Bougainville, in the Territory of New Guinea, during the first six months of 1942. The Japanese occupied these locations and began the construction of several naval and air bases with the goals of protecting the flank of the Japanese offensive in New Guinea, establishing a security barrier for the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain, and providing bases for interdicting supply lines between the Allied powers of the United States and Australia and New Zealand. The Allies, in order to defend their communication and supply lines in the South Pacific, supported a counteroffensive in New Guinea, isolated the Japanese base at Rabaul, and counterattacked the Japanese in the Solomons with landings on Guadalcanal and small neighboring islands on 7 August 1942. These landings initiated a series of combined-arms battles between the two adversaries, beginning with the Guadalcanal landing and continuing with several battles in the central and northern Solomons, on and around New Georgia Island, and Bougainville Island. In a campaign of attrition fought on land, on sea, and in the air, the Allies wore the Japanese down, inflicting irreplaceable losses on Japanese military assets. The Allies retook some of the Solomon Islands (although resistance continued until the end of the war), and they also isolated and neutralized some Japanese positions, which were then bypassed. The Solomon Islands campaign then converged with the New Guinea campaign. This book recounts the Marine Operations in the Central Solomons during World War II. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.