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MARINE TANKS
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
The following is a complete listing of the source material used in the preparation of this section on World War II Gyrene. When a title is hot-linked, this will take you to that book in the World War II Gyrene bookstore.
Official Historical Works
Bartley, Whitman S. Iwo Jima - Amphibious Epic. Historical Branch, US Marine Corps. 1954.
Berry, Henry. Semper Fi, Mac - Living Memories of the US Marines in World War II. Arbor House. 1982.
Garand, George, and Strobridge, Truman. History of US Marine Corps Operations in World War II - Volume IV. Historical Division, US Marine Corps. 1971.
Hoffman, Carl W. Saipan - Beginning of the End.
Historical Branch, US Marine Corps. 1950.
Hoffmann, Carl W. The Seizure of Tinian.
Historical Branch, US Marine Corps. 1951.
Lodge, O. R. The Recapture of Guam. Historical Branch, US Marine Corps. 1954.
Nichols, Charles, and Shaw, Henry. Okinawa - Victory in the Pacific. Historical Branch, US Marine Corps. 1954.
Rentz, John N. Bougainville and the Northern Solomons. Historical Branch, US Marine Corps. 1948.
Shaw, Henry I., et al. History of US Marine Corps Operations in World War II - Volume III. Historical Division, US Marine Corps. 1966.
Unit Histories
Barker, Dale L. (ed). Hitting the Beaches - The First Armored Amphibian Battalion in World War II. The Reprint Company, Publishers. 2004.
Johnston, Richard W. Follow Me! The Story of the Second Marine Division in World War II. Random House. 1948.
McMillan, George. The Old Breed - A History of the First Marine Division in World War II. Infantry Journal Press. 1949.
Technical and Campaign Studies
Bergerud, Eric. Touched by Fire - The Land War
in the South Pacific. Penguin Books. 1997.
Croizat, Victor J. Across the Reef - The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War. Marine Corps Association. 1992.
Gilbert, Oscar E. Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific. Da Capo Press. 2001.
Hallas, James H. Killing Ground on Okinawa. Praeger. 1996.
Rottman, Gordon L. US Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle. Greenwood Press. 2002.
Zaloga, Steven. Armored Thunderbolt - the US Army Sherman in World War II. Stackpole Books. 2008.
Personal Stories, Memoirs and Other Works
Chatfield, Gail. By Dammit, We're Marines! Methvin Publishing. 2008.
Josephy, Alvin M. The Long and the Short and the Tall. A. A. Knopf. 1946.
Neiman, Robert M., and Estes, Kenneth W. Tanks on the Beaches. Texas A&M University Press. 2003.
Tregaskis, Richard. Guadalcanal Diary. Random House. 1943.
Yaffe, Bertram A. Fragments of War - A Marine's Personal Journey. Naval Institute Press. 1999.
Web sites
Iwo Jima - One Man Remembers - Web site of George Nations, Company B, 5th Tank Battalion.
Who's Who in the US Marine Corps entry for GySgt Robert McCard
Who's Who in the US Marine Corps entry for Sgt Grant Timmerman
Navy Cross citations for the following Marines:
1stLt Leo Case, USMCR
Pfc Herbert Confer, USMCR
GySgt Samuel Johnston, USMCR
Capt Julius Lemcke, USMCR
Sgt Glen Marvin, USMCR
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A 5th Tank Bn medium tank mired during the assault on Iwo Jima, 1945. The terrain on Iwo presented huge challenges to vehicular movement. USMC Photo |
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