No previous book has been devoted to Marine Corps armor in World War II. Gilbert's gripping narrative combines exhaustive detail on Marine armor and combat with moving eyewitness accounts, never before published, of what it was actually like to be a Marine tanker in action in the Pacific.
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Oscar E. Gilbert, Ph. D., is a former Marine artilleryman and currently a geoscientist living in Texas. He is the National Information Coordinator for the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.
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Worth It, But It's a Cheaply-Done Reprint,
This review is from: Marine Tank Battles In The Pacific (Hardcover)
The book's information is priceless, and I AM glad I bought it, BUT Amazon dropped the ball by not revealing the actual publisher. This is a reprint done by DaCapo Press, and they cut corners. The pictures are terrible and nearly indistinct. The slip-cover is fine, but you look at the spine, and there's one word printed : Gilbert. The quality of the binding is good, but these guys didn't give this wonderful book the treatment it deserved.
If this all that we have, and if you are a collector of US Marine histories, then you'd better grab up that last copy. Be forewarned, though, that this is a subpar reissue of the original Combined Press edition.
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Outstanding Book on WW2 Tank Warfare in the Pacific,
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This superb book gives exciting descriptions of tank battles fought by Marines during WW2. Since both the American and Japanese used tanks in an infantry support role, most battles were fought with small groups of tanks. The book describes the battles in which tanks were used in support of infantry. This includes use of Japanese tanks in support of their infantry against the US troops. The book also details the few, brief tank vs. tank battles between the US Marines and the Japanese. The author does an excellent job describing the overall battle of each island, the roll of the American and Japanese tanks in them., and first hand accounts of small actions. The book also includes about 100 photographs which provide a good idea what much of the terrain and combat were like. This is a must have for anyone interested in armored warfare or the WW2 war in the Pacific. I only wish I could find a comparable book on the US army tank battles in the Pacific.
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Great book on a little noted subject...,
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Marines and tanks? Who would ever write about this? This book is long overdue. Every book on the Pacific was mentions breifly the role Marine Tanks. This book covers that gap in grand style. I shows the development of Marine Armor, and its employemnt in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. This book on the Corps unsung heros, is faced paced and very easy to read. If you read other books about the USMC in the Pacific, read this very worthy book.
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OFFICIAL HISTORIES written in the immediate aftermath of World War II considered tanks a fundamental part of the combined arms team, and captured Japanese documents provided ample proof that the enemy considered them a primary threat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
recon guides, supplementary armor, flame tanks, regimental weapons company, dozer tank, two assault battalions, surviving tanks, crippled tank, slope plate, armored amphibians, tank battalion, tank lighters, bow gunner, enemy pocket, flamethrower tanks, light tanks, assistant driver, tank company, coaxial machine gun, disabled tanks, tank crewman, medium tanks, division zone, amphibious corps, flame gun Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Archives, Marine Corps, Sugar Loaf, Defense Battalion, New Georgia, Cape Gloucester, Infantry Division, Max English, Bob Botts, Bob Neiman, Bill Henahan, Rowland Hall, Green Beach, Jim Carroll, Marine Brigade, Turkey Knob, World War, China Gal, Orote Peninsula, Separate Tank Company, Bill Finley, Holland Smith, Able Company, Half Moon, Harold Harrison New!
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OFFICIAL HISTORIES written in the immediate aftermath of World War II considered tanks a fundamental part of the combined arms team, and captured Japanese documents provided ample proof that the enemy considered them a primary threat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
recon guides, supplementary armor, flame tanks, regimental weapons company, dozer tank, two assault battalions, surviving tanks, crippled tank, slope plate, armored amphibians, tank battalion, tank lighters, bow gunner, enemy pocket, flamethrower tanks, light tanks, assistant driver, tank company, coaxial machine gun, disabled tanks, tank crewman, medium tanks, division zone, amphibious corps, flame gun Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Archives, Marine Corps, Sugar Loaf, Defense Battalion, New Georgia, Cape Gloucester, Infantry Division, Max English, Bob Botts, Bob Neiman, Bill Henahan, Rowland Hall, Green Beach, Jim Carroll, Marine Brigade, Turkey Knob, World War, China Gal, Orote Peninsula, Separate Tank Company, Bill Finley, Holland Smith, Able Company, Half Moon, Harold Harrison New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Special Valor: The U.S. Marines and the Pacific War (Bluejacket Books) by Richard Wheeler on 8 pages
- Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan by Ronald Spector on 7 pages
- Strong Men Armed by Robert Leckie on 5 pages
- The United States Marine Corps (Serving Your Country) by Green on 4 pages
- A Special Piece of Hell by Bill D. Ross in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Hell Is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific--Saipan to Guam, June-August 1944 by Victor Brooks on 4 pages
- MARINE CORPS TANK BATTLES IN KOREA by Oscar Gilbert on 4 pages
- US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1941-45: Pacific (Warrior) by Kenneth Estes in Back Matter
- War X: Human Extensions in Battlespace (Digital Futures) by Tim Blackmore in Back Matter
- On Armor (Military Profession) by Bruce I. Gudmundsson in Back Matter
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