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The
Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War
II. Released October 2008
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Heroes
Among Us by By Stewart Portela and Russ Rapp. Two 6th Marine Division
veterans (Mr. Jim White and Mr. Bill Pierce) included in this book
telling of their training, experiences on Okinawa, and offer words
of advice to the reader. These oral-histories provide the “soldiers”
story of the desperate fighting on the island of Okinawa. More
(PDF)
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Stay Off
the Skyline by Laura Lacey (6th Marine Division Historian)
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Goodbye,
Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester
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Killing
Ground on Okinawa: The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill by James H.
Hallas
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Operation
Iceberg by Gerald Astor
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Okinawa: The Last Battle by Roy Appleman
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Typhoon
of Steel by James & William Belote
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With
the Old Breed on Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge (of the First)
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History
of the Sixth marine Division by Bevan Cass (of the Sixth)
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Take
China: The Last of the China Marines by Hal Stephens (of F-2-29
of the Sixth)
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On the Point of the Spear (monograph) by Jim White (of G-3-29 of
the Sixth)
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Japan's
Battle of Okinawa (Leavenworth Papers #18) by T.M. Huber
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Ripples
of Battle by Victor Davis Hanson (about F-2-29 of the Sixth)
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Japan
at War: An Oral History by Cook & Cook
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Tennozan:
The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb by George Feifer (featuring
men of the Sixth)
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The
Timid Marine, Surrender to Combat Fatigue, Joseph Lanciotti
The Timid Marine examines the courage of young men facing combat in
World War II during the battle for Okinawa. It takes four kids from
their hometowns to Parris Island Boot Camp, the South Pacific and
China. Mr. Lanciotti 3rd Battalion,22nd, 6th Div.
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The U.S. Marine Corps in World War II (3 Volumes) by S.E. Smith (Ace
Books - Random House)
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Chasing the Sun by Richard M. Pfuhl (1st Lt. 2nd BN, 22nd USMC Regt)
(The Square Books - St. Louis, MO)
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History of Marine Corps Aviation by Robert Sherrod.
(Combat Forces Press - Wash. DC)
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Once A Marine by A. A. Vandergrift (USMC Commandant during the Okinawa
Battle - Ballantine Books - NYC)
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Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific by Major Charles Nichols and
Henry I. Shaw. This book is the official USMC Monograph of the battle
of Okinawa. (Reprinted by Battery Press - Nashvill,TN)
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Battles Won and Lost by Hanson W. Baldwin (Harper and Brown Publishing)
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Okinawa by Lt. COl. A.J. Barker (Bison books - London)
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Battle of Okinawa by Mashida Ota (Kune Publishing)
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Unforgettable Men in Unforgettable Times by Robert Boardman (US Tankers
Association- Wine Press Publishing)
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A Special Valor by Richard Wheeler (Meridian Publishing)
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Marine and Others - The paintings of Col. Charles Waterhouse - Quantico,
VA
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Hitting
the Beaches - The First Armored Amphibian Bn. (a 6th Marine Division
unit). by Dale l. Barker. For copies write to:
George Tremblay - SR 50965 - Bealsville, OH - 43716.
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What steps did the United States take in the 1940s to defeat their
enemy in the Pacific? Read Kanji & Codes - Learning Japanese for
World War II for some insights. 390 pages illustrated. $20.00 + 2.50
postage.
American Japanese language schools date back to 1908, but the real
push came from dedicated Army, Navy and Marine Corps officers who
set up more schools in 1941, and against all odds, succeeded in training
the men and women who help to win the war and go on to make a huge
contribution in winning the peace with Japan. To order mail: The Slesnicks,
PO Box 1393, Bellingham WA 98227
MAGAZINES PRINTED ESPECIALLY TO COMMEMORATE WWII BATTLES BY THE USMC.
THEY ARE WONDERFUL TO HAVE AND READ...A HISTORIC TREASURE. EACH BATTLE
HAS IT'S OWN MAGAZINE:
