Famous American Marines : an account of the Corps: the exploits of officers and men on land, by air and sea, from the decks of the Bonhomme Richard to the summit of Mount Suribachi / Illustrated by Albin V. Webber.
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
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[1950]
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| Physical Description: | xx, 375 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction, including an account of the Marines as a fighting force
- Samuel Nicholas and the American Revolution: The beginning of the United States Marine Corps
- Daniel Carmick and the war with France
- Presley Neville O'Bannon and "The shores of Tripoli."--John Marshall Gamble and the War of 1812
- Archibald Henderson, the grand old man of the Marine Corps
- Archibald H. Gillespie and the conquest of California
- Charles G. McCawley and the war with Mexico
- Jacob Zeilin and the expedition to Japan
- Charles Heywood and the Civil War
- Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller and the war with Spain
- John Twiggs Myers and the Boxer Rebellion
- Joseph Henderson Pendleton and the Dominican Republic
- Smedley Darlington Butler, Old Gimlet Eye