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HyperWar: History of USMC Operations in WWII, Vol. I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
Forword iii Preface v PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE MARINE CORPS CHAPTER PAGE 1. Origins of a Mission 3 2. Evolution of Modern Amphibious Warfare, 1920-1941 8 3. Development of Landing Craft 23 4. Marine Occupation of Iceland 35 5. The Marine Corps on the Eve of War 47 PART II: WAR COMES 1. Prewar Situation in the Pacific 59 2. Japan Strikes 70 3. The Southern Lifeline 84 PART III: THE DEFENSE OF WAKE 1. Wake in the Shadow of War 95 2. The Enemy Strikes 106 3. Wake Under Siege 121 4. The Fall of Wake 132 5. Conclusion 150 PART IV: MARINES IN THE PHILIPPINES 1. China and Luzon 155 2. Bataan Prelude 172 3. The Siege and Capture of Corregidor 184 PART V: DECISION AT MIDWAY 1. Setting the Stage: Early Naval Operations 205 2. Japanese Plans: Toward Midway and the North Pacific 214 3. Midway Girds for Battle 216 4. Midway Versus the Japanese, 4-5 June 1942 221 5. Battle of the Carrier Planes, 4 June 1942 226 PART VI: THE TURNING POINT: GUADALCANAL 1. Background and Preparations 235 2. Guadalcanal, 7-9 August 1942 254 3. Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo 263 4. The Battle of the Tenaru 274 5. The Battle of the Ridge 294 6. Action Along the Matanikau 310 7. Japanese Counteroffensive 322 8. Critical November 341 9. Final Period, 9 December 1942-9 February 1943 359
APPENDICES A. Bibliographical Notes 375 B. Chronology 382 C. Marine Task Organization and Command Lists 387 D. Marine Casualties 395 E. First Marine Division Operation Order--Guadalcanal 396 F. Military Map Symbols 399 G. Guide to Abbreviations 400 H. Unit Commendations 404 ILLUSTRATIONS Continental Marines 6 Marines of Huntington's Battalion 6 Marines in France in World War I 12 Bandit-Hunting Patrol in Nicaragua 12 Experimenntal Amphibian Tractor 25 Early Version of Landing Craft 25 Air Evacuation of Wounded in Nicaragua 49 Army Light Tank Landing at New River, N.C. 49 Pearl Harbor Attack 72 Japanese Landing on Guam 72 Japanese Patrol Craft Lost at Wake 135 Japanese Naval Troops Who Took Wake 135 Japanese on Bataan 174 Aerial View of Corregidor Island 186 Effect of Japanese Bombardment of Corregidor 186 An Army B-25, One of Doolittle's Raiders 208 Japanese Carrier Shoho 208 Camouflaged Lookout Tower at Sand Island 222 Japanese Cruiser Mikuma 222 Crude Sketch Map of Guadalcanal 246 Equipment for the 1st Marine Division 251 Marine Raiders and the Crew of the Submarine Argonaut 251 The Original Henderson Field 255 Unloading Supplies at Guadalcanal 255 Tulagi Island 272 Tanambogo and Gavutu Islands 272 Marine Commanders on Guadalcanal 278 LVT Bridge Built by marine Engineers 282 Solomons Natives Guide a Patrol 282 90mm Antiaircraft Guns of the 3d Defense Battalion 296 105mm Howitzer of the 11th Marines 296 Raiders' Ridge 309 Marines of the 2d Raider Battalion 309 The Pagoda at Henderson Field 312 Cactus Air Force Planes 312 Five Blasted Japanese Tanks 331 Marine Light Tanks 331 Japanese Torpedo Plane 338 Naval Gunfire Support 338 37mm Guns of the Americal Division 361 1st Division Marines Leave Guadalcanal 361 MAPS 1. Scene of Battle Map Section 2. Japanese Capture of Guam, 10 December 1941 77 3. South Pacific 91 4. Defense Installations on Wake, 8-23 December 1941 97 5. Landing on Wake Island, 23 December 1941 Map Section 6. Situation on Wilkes Island, 0300-Dawn, 23 December 1941 145 7. Japanese Landing on Bataan Map Section 8. Corregidor with Inset Showing Manila Bay Map Section 9. Marshalls, Gilberts, and Eastern Carolines 206 10. Midway Islands, June 1942 Map Section 11. Solomon Islands with Inset Showing Santa Cruz Islands 244 12. Makin Raid, 17-18 August 1942 284 13. Guadalcanal and Florida Islands Map Section 14. Initial Dispositions, 7 August 1942 Map Section 15. Landings in Tulagi Area, 7 August 1942 Map Section 16. The Perimeter, 12 August 1942 287 17. Battle of the Tenaru, 21 August 1942 289 18. The Perimeter, 12-14 September 1942 300 19. Edson's Ridge--First Phase, 12-13 September 1942 304 20. Edson's Ridge--Final Phase, 13 September 1942 307 21. Matanikau Action, 24-27 September 1942 314 22. Matanikau Offensive, 7-9 October 1942 318 23. October Attacks on the Perimeter Map Section 24. Push Toward Kokumbona, 1-4 November 1942 344 25. Koli Point, 4-9 November 1942 Map Section 26. Battle Area, December 1942-January 1943 Map Section 27. XIV Corps Plan--First January Offensive Map Section 28. Capture of Kokumbona and Advance to the Poha River, 23-25 January 1943 Map Section 29. Final Phase, 26 January-9 February 1943 370
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