From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in The Pacific WarCreating the RaidersSidebar: Major General Merritt A. Edson, USMCSidebar: Brigadier General Evans F. Carlson, USMCSidebar: Destroyer TransportsShaping the RaidersGetting to the FightMakinTulagiTasimbokoEdson’s RidgeMatanikauSidebar: Raider Weapons and EquipmentThe Long PatrolSidebar: The Raider Training CenterReshaping the RaidersNew GeorgiaSidebar: The Raider PatchEnogaiBairokoBougainvilleThe Raider LegacySourcesAbout the AuthorErrataAbout this series of pamphletsTranscriber’s Notes
From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in The Pacific WarCreating the RaidersSidebar: Major General Merritt A. Edson, USMCSidebar: Brigadier General Evans F. Carlson, USMCSidebar: Destroyer TransportsShaping the RaidersGetting to the FightMakinTulagiTasimbokoEdson’s RidgeMatanikauSidebar: Raider Weapons and EquipmentThe Long PatrolSidebar: The Raider Training CenterReshaping the RaidersNew GeorgiaSidebar: The Raider PatchEnogaiBairokoBougainvilleThe Raider LegacySourcesAbout the AuthorErrataAbout this series of pamphletsTranscriber’s Notes
Marines inWorld War IICommemorative Series
By Major Jon T. HoffmanU.S. Marine Corps Reserve
The Browning air-cooled .30-caliber machine gun was the weapon of choice for raider battalions because of its low weight in comparison to other available machine guns. The raider battalions were not armed with heavy weapons.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 56108
The Browning air-cooled .30-caliber machine gun was the weapon of choice for raider battalions because of its low weight in comparison to other available machine guns. The raider battalions were not armed with heavy weapons.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 56108
Marine riflemen take on Japanese snipers while others put a captured 37mm field gun into operation during the raid on Koiari. Parachutists and raiders expected to surprise the enemy, but were themselves surprised instead when they landed in the midst of a well-defended supply dump. The enemy pinned the Marines to the beach with heavy fire, until evening.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 69783
Marine riflemen take on Japanese snipers while others put a captured 37mm field gun into operation during the raid on Koiari. Parachutists and raiders expected to surprise the enemy, but were themselves surprised instead when they landed in the midst of a well-defended supply dump. The enemy pinned the Marines to the beach with heavy fire, until evening.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 69783