Breaking the Outer Ring: Marine Landings in the Marshall IslandsPlanning the AttackSidebar: Major General Holland M. SmithSidebar: Major General Harry SchmidtSidebar: The 4th Marine DivisionThe Marine Attack: Roi-NamurSidebar: Naval SupportThe Army Attack: KwajaleinThe Final Attack: EniwetokSidebar: Brigadier General Thomas E. WatsonSidebar: The Deadly Spider HolesSidebar: Secretary of The Navy CommendationSourcesAbout the AuthorAbout the SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Breaking the Outer Ring: Marine Landings in the Marshall IslandsPlanning the AttackSidebar: Major General Holland M. SmithSidebar: Major General Harry SchmidtSidebar: The 4th Marine DivisionThe Marine Attack: Roi-NamurSidebar: Naval SupportThe Army Attack: KwajaleinThe Final Attack: EniwetokSidebar: Brigadier General Thomas E. WatsonSidebar: The Deadly Spider HolesSidebar: Secretary of The Navy CommendationSourcesAbout the AuthorAbout the SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Marines inWorld War IICommemorative Series
By Captain John C. ChapinU.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret)
A flamethrower, center, is among weapons carried by men of the 22d Marines on Eniwetok.
A flamethrower, center, is among weapons carried by men of the 22d Marines on Eniwetok.
A flamethrower, center, is among weapons carried by men of the 22d Marines on Eniwetok.
Marine riflemen, under fire, leap from a just-beached amphibian tractor in the January 1944 landing.(Department of Defense Photo [USMC 72411)]
Marine riflemen, under fire, leap from a just-beached amphibian tractor in the January 1944 landing.(Department of Defense Photo [USMC 72411)]
Marine riflemen, under fire, leap from a just-beached amphibian tractor in the January 1944 landing.(Department of Defense Photo [USMC 72411)]