Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of GuamSidebar: General Roy S. GeigerComing Back to GuamOperation ForagerSidebar: General Allan H. TurnageSidebar: General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.Sidebar: Major General Andrew D. BruceAshore in the NorthSidebar: 3d Marine Division InsigniaThe Southern BeachesSidebar: Medal of Honor RecipientsSidebar: The Taking of Chonito RidgeColonel Suenaga AttacksFonte RidgeSidebar: General Robert E. CushmanSidebar: ‘Daring Tactics’ Gave Capt Wilson Medal of HonorSidebar: The Colt .45-Caliber M1911A1 PistolOroteSidebar: War Dogs on GuamSecuring the Force Beachhead LineThe Attack NorthBeginning of the EndSidebar: PFC Witek’s Medal of Honor Hailed ‘Inspiring Acts’SourcesAbout the AuthorErratumAbout The SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of GuamSidebar: General Roy S. GeigerComing Back to GuamOperation ForagerSidebar: General Allan H. TurnageSidebar: General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.Sidebar: Major General Andrew D. BruceAshore in the NorthSidebar: 3d Marine Division InsigniaThe Southern BeachesSidebar: Medal of Honor RecipientsSidebar: The Taking of Chonito RidgeColonel Suenaga AttacksFonte RidgeSidebar: General Robert E. CushmanSidebar: ‘Daring Tactics’ Gave Capt Wilson Medal of HonorSidebar: The Colt .45-Caliber M1911A1 PistolOroteSidebar: War Dogs on GuamSecuring the Force Beachhead LineThe Attack NorthBeginning of the EndSidebar: PFC Witek’s Medal of Honor Hailed ‘Inspiring Acts’SourcesAbout the AuthorErratumAbout The SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Marines inWorld War IICommemorative Series
By Cyril J. O’Brien
Marines of Battery I, 14th Defense Battalion, man their twin-barrelled, Mark IV, Oerlikon-designed 20mm guns on top of Chonito Ridge, overlooking Adelup Point. In the initial stages of the Guam operation, these antiaircraft guns fired in support of the 3d Marines.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 93063
Marines of Battery I, 14th Defense Battalion, man their twin-barrelled, Mark IV, Oerlikon-designed 20mm guns on top of Chonito Ridge, overlooking Adelup Point. In the initial stages of the Guam operation, these antiaircraft guns fired in support of the 3d Marines.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 93063
A threatening 75mm Japanese gun pokes its barrel out of the Gaan Point pillbox where a companion piece and a 37mm gun wreaked havoc on the assault waves of the 22d Marines on W-Day, destroying approximately 24 troop-carrying amphibian tractors, before the enemy position was taken out.Department of Defense Photo (USN) 247618
A threatening 75mm Japanese gun pokes its barrel out of the Gaan Point pillbox where a companion piece and a 37mm gun wreaked havoc on the assault waves of the 22d Marines on W-Day, destroying approximately 24 troop-carrying amphibian tractors, before the enemy position was taken out.Department of Defense Photo (USN) 247618