LEADER 03464nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910812947803321 005 20230617040010.0 010 $a1-283-65796-1 010 $a1-60473-055-2 010 $a1-4237-3204-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000457599 035 $a(EBL)1042768 035 $a(OCoLC)191935398 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166140 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166140 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145234 035 $a(PQKB)11271127 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1042768 035 $a(OCoLC)62266050 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24722 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1042768 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10157914 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000457599 100 $a20040112d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGuadalcanal Marine$b[electronic resource] /$fKerry L. Lane 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (375 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-664-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 351) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; X; Introduction; Abbreviations and Terms; Key to Military Map Symbols; Part I. Guadalcanal; 1.Making of a Marine; 2. Preparing for Combat; 3. Wartime Expansion; 4. Shoving off to Make History; 5. Guadalcanal, Their Finest Hour; 6. Stranded; 7. The Battle of the Tenaru; 8. The Battle of Bloody Ridge; 9. After the Ridge; 10. September Matanikau Action; 11. October Matanikau Battle; 12. Second Assault on Bloody Ridge; 13. The Final Phase of the Campaign; 14. Guadalcanal in Perspective; 15. Departing for the Land Down Under; 16. Australia Remembered; 17. Going Back to War 327 $aPart II. Cape Gloucester18. Cape Gloucester, the Green Inferno; 19. The Battle of Suicide Creek; 20. Cape Gloucester in Perspective; 21. Pavuvu; 22. Homeward Bound; 23. The Last Post; Glossary; America terms; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; K; M; P; S; T; U; Australian terms; A; B; C; D; F; G; S; Japanese terms; B; H; R; S; T; Z; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Z 330 $aIn Guadalcanal Marine, Kerry L. Lane recounts the dark reality of combat experienced by the men of the 1st Marine Division fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. With eighty gripping photographs and his text, he brings to life the struggles of his companions as they achieve these two astonishing victories. Lane, a sixteen-year-old farm boy from North Carolina, battled the Japanese and rose to heroism powering a bulldozer to bridge ""Suicide Creek"" in the swamps on Cape Gloucester. There he led his Marine comrades to victory. Lane describes the trials of the common Mari 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Ocean 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/265933/092 676 $aB 700 $aLane$b Kerry$01620068 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812947803321 996 $aGuadalcanal Marine$93952658 997 $aUNINA