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Evans Carlson, Marine raider : the man who commanded America's first special forces / Duane Schultz.

Title
Evans Carlson, Marine raider : the man who commanded America's first special forces / Duane Schultz.
Author
Schultz, Duane P.
Publication
  • Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2014.
  • ©2014

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x, 265 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
On August 17, 1942, ten days after American marines had stormed Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, two U.S. submarines secretly delivered a small force from the newly formed 2nd Marine Raider Battalion to Japanese-occupied Makin Island one thousand miles to the north. The raid was intended to gather intelligence and divert attention from the main American attack to the south. News of the success of this special operation took hold of the American imagination and provided a much needed boost to morale. The battalion's leader was Evans Carlson, a forty-six-year-old career marine office who had most recently served in China as a military observer. Carlson was also a friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and he had proposed to him the creation of a small elite raider force similar to the British Commandos. Having accompanied Chinese guerrillas in their war against Japan, Carlson incorporated some of their tactics into his raider training, including a method of esprit de corps called "gung ho," a word still used today for loyal enthusiasm.
Subject
  • Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896-1947
  • United States. Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Solomon Islands
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations > Pacific Area
  • Makin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942
  • Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-254) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue: Jacques Farm, February 1942 -- A test of honor -- How's that for guts? -- Direct to the White House -- We give no mercy -- Closer to war -- To Makin Atoll -- Everything lousy -- Let 'em have it! -- A free-for-all -- Getting off the island -- Surrender -- We never saw them again -- To honor the souls -- Another one of those zero hours -- The long patrol -- He knew he would die -- Pale ghosts -- The proudest moment -- Gung Ho is dead -- Epilogue: thank god, he's gone.
ISBN
  • 9781594161940 (hbk.)
  • 1594161941 (hbk.)
OCLC
863201414
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library