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Title: Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons

Author: John C. Chapin


Release date: April 27, 2015 [eBook #48808]
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Language: English

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Contents

Top of the Ladder:
Marine Operations in the
Northern Solomons

Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series

By Captain John C. Chapin
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret)

Riflemen clad in camouflage dungarees await the lowering of their landing craft from George Clymer (APA 27) for their dash to the beaches in their amphibious assault landing on Bougainville. (National Archives Photo 80-G-55810)

Raiders, up to their hips in water, man a machine gun along a jungle trail. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 70764