Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory (Ballantine's illustrated history of World War II. Battle book, no. 12)

Frank, Benis M.

Ballantine

For the Allies, the battle of Okinawa was the culmination of four years of war in the Pacific. For the Japanese, it was their last big defense before the Allies would be invading their homeland itself. These two things set the stage for one of the most bitter and bloodiest battles of the war.

Okinawa: The great island battle (Men and battle)

Elsevier-Dutton]

This book is a straightforward account of the deployment of Marines to Lebanon in the period 1982 -1984. The story begins with the landing of the 32d Marine Amphibious Unit in Beirut. It ends in February 1984 with the withdrawl of the 22d Marine Amphibious following the effective end of its mission and the nearly complete breakdown of order in Lebanon.

U.S. Marines in Lebannon, 1982 - 1984

History

Military

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

This book is a straightforward account of the development of Marines to Lebanon in the period 1982-1984.

U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1982-1984

“U.S. Marines in Lebanon, 1982-1984,” is based primarily on the monthly command chronologies and biweekly situation reports of the Marine amphibious units which were deployed to Lebanon as well as other related official documentation, all of which resides in the archives of the Marine Corps Historical Center. Although none of the information in this history is classified, some of the documentation on which it is based remains so. A considerable number of "issue-oriented" oral history interviews concerned with the deployments were also used in the preparation of this book. Following the return of the 32d MAU from Lebanon and before its redeployment in early 1983, the author began a series of interviews with the key personnel in all the MAU s deployed to Lebanon to augment the paper record of this 18-month period in Marine Corps history. Before U.S. Marines in Lebanon was completed, a total of 119 interviews had been conducted. They are now accessioned in the Marine Corps Oral History Collection. This book is a straightforward account of the deployment of Marines to Lebanon in the period 1982-1984. The story begins with the landing of the 32d Marine Amphibious Unit (32d MAU) in Beirut in August 1982 at the request of the Lebanese Government to assist, together with French and Italian military units, in supervising the evacuation of the Palestine Liberation Organization . It ends in February 1984 with the withdrawal of the 22d Marine Amphibious Unit following the effective end of its mission and the nearly complete breakdown of order in Lebanon. In between is an ambiguous Marine mission of presence of 18 months' duration. Together with the British, French, and Italian members of the Multi-National Force, the Marines attempted, as "peacekeepers," to assist the Lebanese Government in achieving stability and ending the factional fighting which has all but destroyed Lebanon as a viable political entity. For any number of reasons, none of which are the concern of this book, the mission of peacekeeping failed, and in the process, those who were there to help Lebanon achieve the peace so many Lebanese wanted—but too many others did not—were sorely tried and severely mauled. As a history strictly of the Marines' role in Lebanon, this book does not deal with the major, high-level decisions of the administration which put and kept Marines in that country. Nor does the book deal with American diplomatic efforts in the Middle East in this period except in those instances when the MAU Marines were directly involved. This is simply the story of Marine Corps presence and operations in Lebanon for the period concerned. It draws no conclusions.

U.S. Marines in Lebanon, 1982-1984

A Brief History of the 3d Marines

History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Volume V: Victory and Occupation

US Marine Corps Historical Branch

Shaw, Henry I

Military Bookshop

Victory and Occupation (Volume V) is presented in two parts. Part 1 ends with page 471. Part 2, a separate book, begins with page 472, the "Occupation of Japan," and ends on page 945. This book is Part 1. This book represents the final work in the five-volume history of Marine Corps operations in World War II. The story of the Okinawa campaign, told earlier in a separate monograph, has been reevaluated and rewritten to detail events in proper proportion to each other and in a correct perspective to the war as a whole. New material, particularly from Japanese sources and from the recorded interviews conducted with senior Marine Corps officers who participated in the Marine Corps Oral History Program, has been included to provide fresh insight into the Marine Corps' contribution to the final victory of the Pacific War. These pages cover Marine Corps activities in the Okinawa invasion and the occupations of Japan and North China as well as the little-known story of Marine prisoners of war. The book relates the Corps' postwar demobilization and reorganization programs as well. By 1945, amphibious warfare doctrine and techniques had become highly developed. While new and improved weapons were employed in the Okinawa campaign, the landing operation itself realistically demonstrated the soundness of fundamental amphibious doctrine developed over the years by the Navy and the Marine Corps. Again, as at Guadalcanal, the battle for Okinawa clearly reemphasized the fact that basic Marine Corps tactics and techniques were sound. An outgrowth of the lessons learned at Okinawa was the establishment of a balanced air-ground amphibious force in readiness which has become the hallmark of the present-day Marine Corps. Many of the senior officers and commanders at Okinawa were prewar teachers and planners who had participated in the early operations of the war in the Pacific The successful application at Okinawa of the knowledge, expertise, and experiences of these individuals against a fanatic foe fighting a last-ditch battle to protect his homeland was a vital factor in the final victory over Japan. The assault and capture of Okinawa represents the most ambitious joint Army-Navy-Marine Corps operation in the history of the Pacific War. Statistically, in comparison to previous assaults in this war zone, the numbers of men, ships, and planes as well as the tons of munitions and supplies employed in this campaign stagger the imagination. But, had the enemy not capitulated in face of the American victories in the western Pacific and as a result of the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the personnel and logistics figures reflecting the requirements for the planned assault on Japan would have been even more overwhelming. Fortunately for both sides, the war ended before more blood was shed. -"

Victory and Occupation: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II Part 1

St. John's Press

Victory and Occupation: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II Part 2

This book is a straightforward account of the deployment of Marines to Lebanon in the period 1982-1984. The story begins with the landing of the 32d Marine Amphibious Unit (32d MAU) in Beirut in August 1982 at the request of the Lebanese Government to assist, together with French and Italian military units, in supervising the evacuation of the Palestine Liberation Organization . It ends in February 1984 with the withdrawal of the 22d Marine Amphibious Unit following the effective end of its mission and the nearly complete breakdown of order in Lebanon . In between is an ambiguous Marine mission of presence of 18 months' duration . Together with the British, French, and Italian members of the Multi-National Force, the Marines attempted, as "peacekeepers," to assist the Lebanese Government in achieving stability and ending the factional fighting which has all but destroyed Lebanon as a viable political entity. For any number of reasons, none of which are the concern of this book, the mission of peacekeeping failed, and in the process, those who were there to help Lebanon achieve the peace so many Lebanese wanted—but too many others did not—were sorely tried and severely mauled. As a history strictly of the Marines' role in Lebanon, this book does not deal with the major, high-level decisions of the administration which put and kept Marines in that country. Nor does the book deal with American diplomatic efforts in the Middle East in this period except in those instances when the MAU Marines were directly involved. This is simply the story of Marine Corps presence and operations in Lebanon for the period concerned. It draws no conclusions.

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Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory (Ballantine's illustrated history of World War II. Battle book, no. 12)

Okinawa: The great island battle (Men and battle)

U.S. Marines in Lebannon, 1982 - 1984

U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1982-1984

U.S. Marines in Lebanon, 1982-1984

A Brief History of the 3d Marines

History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Volume V: Victory and Occupation

Victory and Occupation: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II Part 1

Victory and Occupation: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II Part 2

U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1982-1984