MajorCharles D. Melson, USMC (Retired) is originally from the San Fransciso Bay area. He is married to Janet Ann Pope, a former Navy Nurse.
Major Melson completed graduate education at St. John’s College in Annapolis. He is a coauthor ofThe War that Would Not End, a volume in the official history of Marine Corps operations in Vietnam, and is the author ofVietnam Marines. He served as a historian in the Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, for six years and continues to deal with the past as the director of The Queen Anne’s Museum of Eastern Shore Life in Maryland. Major Melson was a Marine for 25 years, 1967 to 1992, and served in Vietnam in a variety of Fleet Marine Force positions. He was a history instructor at the United States Naval Academy, and served also at Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
THIS PAMPHLET HISTORY, one in a series devoted to U.S. Marines in the World War II era, is published for the education and training of Marines by the History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington. D.C., as a part of the U.S. Department of Defense observance of the 50th anniversary of victory in that war.Printing costs for this pamphlet have been defrayed in part by the Defense Department World War II Commemoration Committee. Editorial costs of preparing this pamphlet have been defrayed in part by a bequest from the estate of Emilie H. Watts, in memory of her late husband, Thomas M. Watts, who served as a Marine and was the recipient of a Purple Heart.WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIESDIRECTOR OF MARINE CORPS HISTORY AND MUSEUMSBrigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, USMC (Ret)GENERAL EDITORWORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIESBenis M. FrankCARTOGRAPHIC CONSULTANTGeorge C. MacGillivrayEDITING AND DESIGN SECTION, HISTORY AND MUSEUMS DIVISIONRobert E. Struder, Senior Editor;W. Stephen Hill, Visual InformationSpecialist;Catherine A. Kerns, Composition Services TechnicianMarine Corps Historical CenterBuilding 58, Washington Navy YardWashington, D.C. 20374-05801993PCN 190 003121 00
THIS PAMPHLET HISTORY, one in a series devoted to U.S. Marines in the World War II era, is published for the education and training of Marines by the History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington. D.C., as a part of the U.S. Department of Defense observance of the 50th anniversary of victory in that war.
Printing costs for this pamphlet have been defrayed in part by the Defense Department World War II Commemoration Committee. Editorial costs of preparing this pamphlet have been defrayed in part by a bequest from the estate of Emilie H. Watts, in memory of her late husband, Thomas M. Watts, who served as a Marine and was the recipient of a Purple Heart.
WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIESDIRECTOR OF MARINE CORPS HISTORY AND MUSEUMSBrigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, USMC (Ret)GENERAL EDITORWORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIESBenis M. FrankCARTOGRAPHIC CONSULTANTGeorge C. MacGillivrayEDITING AND DESIGN SECTION, HISTORY AND MUSEUMS DIVISIONRobert E. Struder, Senior Editor;W. Stephen Hill, Visual InformationSpecialist;Catherine A. Kerns, Composition Services TechnicianMarine Corps Historical CenterBuilding 58, Washington Navy YardWashington, D.C. 20374-05801993PCN 190 003121 00
WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
DIRECTOR OF MARINE CORPS HISTORY AND MUSEUMSBrigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, USMC (Ret)GENERAL EDITORWORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIESBenis M. FrankCARTOGRAPHIC CONSULTANTGeorge C. MacGillivrayEDITING AND DESIGN SECTION, HISTORY AND MUSEUMS DIVISIONRobert E. Struder, Senior Editor;W. Stephen Hill, Visual InformationSpecialist;Catherine A. Kerns, Composition Services TechnicianMarine Corps Historical CenterBuilding 58, Washington Navy YardWashington, D.C. 20374-05801993PCN 190 003121 00