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The Coast Guard and the Pacific War

Author: Collective
The Coast Guard and the Pacific War
Coast Guard Historian's Office
1995
Format: PDF
Pages: 24
Language: English
Size: 48 MB

On September 27 1942, a group of diminutive landing craft sped to ward the beaches of Guadalcanal. Huddled on shore, and fighting for their live s, were about 500 men of COL Lewis B. "Chesty Puller's 1st Battalion 7th marines...

The Coast Guard and the Pacific War