Gordon L. Rottman

US Marine Rifleman 1939-45 (eBook, ePUB)

Pacific Theater
Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Marine Corps began World War II with less than 66,000 officers and men. Yet despite suffering 10 per cent of the overall American casualties, the Marines were able to build on their proud traditions and history to transform a small branch of service into a premier combined arms amphibious assault force. Regardless of its expansion by 750 percent, the Corps was able to maintain its sense of tradition, instill that into thousands of new Marines, and create an elite arm of service. In this book, Gordon Rottman, follows a Marine Corps rifleman through his draft, training and participation in assaults such as: Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands, and Iwo Jima.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782004691
• Artikelnr.: 44626655

Autorenporträt

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments before retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction · Chronology · Conscription · Training · Appearance · Equipment · Belief and Belonging · Camp Pendleton · Conditions of Service · On Campaign · The Aftermath of Battle · Collections, Museums and Reenactment
Bibiliography
Color Plate Commentary
Index