MARC Record from Library of Congress

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020 $a9781594161940 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aD767.98$b.S38 2014
082 04 $a940.5426/5933/092
100 1 $aSchultz, Duane P.
245 10 $aEvans Carlson, Marine raider :$bthe man who commanded America's first special forces /$cDuane Schultz.
264 1 $aYardley, Pennsylvania :$bWestholme,$c[2014]
300 $ax, 265 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 248-254) and index.
520 $aOn August 17, 1942, ten days after American marines had stormed Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, two U.S. submarines secretly delivered a small force from the newly formed 2nd Marine Raider Battalion to Japanese-occupied Makin Island one thousand miles to the north. The raid was intended to gather intelligence and divert attention from the main American attack to the south. News of the success of this special operation took hold of the American imagination and provided a much needed boost to morale. The battalion's leader was Evans Carlson, a forty-six-year-old career marine office who had most recently served in China as a military observer. Carlson was also a friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and he had proposed to him the creation of a small elite raider force similar to the British Commandos. Having accompanied Chinese guerrillas in their war against Japan, Carlson incorporated some of their tactics into his raider training, including a method of esprit de corps called "gung ho," a word still used today for loyal enthusiasm.
600 10 $aCarlson, Evans Fordyce,$d1896-1947.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps.$bMarine Raider Battalion, 2nd.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zSolomon Islands.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCommando operations$zPacific Area.
650 0 $aMakin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942.
650 0 $aGuadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.