Marine Chaplain, 1943-1946Merriam Press, 1998 - 162 páginas |
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Página 49
... enemy shores as may have been subjected to naval gunfire. Thus the Navy could, and often did, force the surrender of hostile ports and garrisons. During World War II this was still the basic purpose of “The Corps,” although its carrying ...
... enemy shores as may have been subjected to naval gunfire. Thus the Navy could, and often did, force the surrender of hostile ports and garrisons. During World War II this was still the basic purpose of “The Corps,” although its carrying ...
Página 94
... enemy , plus a bout with a tropical disease known as “ dengue , ” had been enough , and he was ready to turn over the job . As a matter of fact , I was lucky to get the Eighth Regiment . Boer had chaplained an artillery outfit for ten ...
... enemy , plus a bout with a tropical disease known as “ dengue , ” had been enough , and he was ready to turn over the job . As a matter of fact , I was lucky to get the Eighth Regiment . Boer had chaplained an artillery outfit for ten ...
Página 96
... enemies came into their own on Saipan, serving the purpose of straining flies out of the soup. Our Marines, however, lacked such natural endowments and nearly went crazy trying to eat their C-rations without a heavy seasoning of flies ...
... enemies came into their own on Saipan, serving the purpose of straining flies out of the soup. Our Marines, however, lacked such natural endowments and nearly went crazy trying to eat their C-rations without a heavy seasoning of flies ...
Página 104
... enemy tanks and other relics were every- where in evidence . American objects , except down on the landing beaches , were scarce . I remember seeing a lieutenant pick up a Yankee phosphorous grenade , pull the pin and heave it into a ...
... enemy tanks and other relics were every- where in evidence . American objects , except down on the landing beaches , were scarce . I remember seeing a lieutenant pick up a Yankee phosphorous grenade , pull the pin and heave it into a ...
Página 105
... enemy combatants on Saipan two days before I got there. Garri- soned at the northern end of Saipan was an Army regiment of black troops, a type of outfit which, thank Heaven, has now become extinct. This regiment used to make periodic ...
... enemy combatants on Saipan two days before I got there. Garri- soned at the northern end of Saipan was an Army regiment of black troops, a type of outfit which, thank Heaven, has now become extinct. This regiment used to make periodic ...
Contenido
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33 | |
81 | |
Okinawa | 147 |
Iheya Ushirio | 153 |
SaipanYet Again | 205 |
Occupation of Nippon | 235 |
Appendix | 331 |
Prologue 5 | 5 |
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