Forgotten raiders of '42; the fate of the Marines left behind on Makin.9781597970556 Forgotten raiders of '42; the fate of the Marines left behind on Makin. Wiles wile n. 1. A stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare. 2. A disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure: the wiles of a skilled negotiator. 3. Trickery; cunning. , Tripp. Potomac Potomac (pətō`mək), river, 285 mi (459 km) long, formed SE of Cumberland, Md., by the confluence of its North and South branches and flowing generally SE to Chesapeake Bay. Books, Inc. 2007 169 pages $23.95 Hardcover Potomac's military controversies series D767 The US Navy's Second Marine Raider Battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. staged a raid on Japanese forces on Makin Island in August of 1942 in an operation that has been deemed "the most spectacular commando operation commando operation Surgery A term attributed to Hayes Martin, a pioneer in head & neck surgery, for the en bloc removal of an advanced 1º malignancy of the oral cavity, usually SCC–lymphoma is amenable to RT or chemotherapy; the CO is a very of the Pacific War." However, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Wiles (a former research analyst for both the US Army's Central Identification Lab and the Defense POW Missing Personnel Office), the raid experienced significant operational difficulties, the most significant of which was the inadvertent abandonment of nine Marine Raiders who were likely executed by the Japanese. Here, he reconstructs their story and also analyzes the breakdown of command that was linked to their sad fate. Distributed in the US by Books International. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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