| #1038405 in Books | 2014-05-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x5.00 x1.00l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 265 pages||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Precursor to our present day special operations forces.|By Paul D. Jones|As a very old 2nd Amphib Recon Marine, andin 1957, a plank owner in 2nd Force Recon, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was interesting for me to look back at the Raider mission and training and see the embryo of our then Force Recon companies. It is even more interesting when I look back at my time in Fo|About the Author|
DUANE SCHULTZ is a psychologist and author of more than a dozen acclaimed histories, including Coming Through Fire: George Armstrong Custer and Chief Black Kettle, Crossing the Rapido: A Tragedy of World War II, The Fate of
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 pr...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Evans Carlson, Marine Raider: The Man Who Commanded America's First Special Forces | Duane Schultz. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
