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USMC 6th Marine Regiment History Book Belleau Woods China Iceland Tarawa!!!

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Description

WW I – WW II - Occupation of China 5
th
Marine Regiment History Book 1914 to Korean War
Comes in a staplebound 8 1/2 x 11 format with 190 pages of history and details.
A large section of details from World War I, 2
nd
Army Infantry Division, 4
th
Marine Bde, Battle of Belleau Woods, Chateau Theirry, Soisson, St Mihiel, and Blanc Mont. A comprehensive section with all of the movements, actions, and history from the World War.
The book then moves into the occupation of the Germany in 1918 and 1919.
If you like China Marine activities against e Japanese then this book is for you. The 6th Marine Regiment has a long and storied history in China.
The regiment was part of the 1st Marine Provisional Brigade in Iceland in 1940 / 41 serving as an outpost to deter the German invasions across the Atlantic.
Loads of details on the regiments service with the 2nd Marine during WW II, and their march across the Pacific's Island hopping campaign with action at Guadalcanal. Tarawa, the Gilbert Islands, Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa.
The book goes all into the late 1950s are very early 1960s.