Research Catalog

Title

Last man standing : the 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944 / Dick Camp.

Author

Camp, Richard D.

Publication

Minneapolis : MBI Pub., 2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 308 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

A harrowing account of one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, drawn from extensive personal interviews and never-before-published sources.

Alternative Title

• 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944
• First Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944

Subject

• Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
• United States. Marine Regiment, 1st
• World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-300) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Breakwater of the Pacific -- The Emperor's commanders -- Maniacal ramparts -- Operation Stalemate -- Marine commanders -- The old breed -- Rest and recuperation -- Mounting out -- D-day -- The point -- Counterattack -- Terror in the night -- D+1 : through they die, they will defend -- D+2 : Bloody nose ridge -- D+3 : into the breach -- D+4 : resume the attack -- D+5 : regiment of survivors -- D+6 : enough is enough.

ISBN

• 9780760334935 (hbk.)
• 0760334935 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2008024341

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library