First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal

by Henry I. Shaw

Transcriber’s note: Table of Contents added by Transcriber and placed into the Public Domain.

Contents

• [First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal]
  
• [SIDEBAR: General Alexander A. Vandegrift]
  
• [The Landing and August Battles]
  
• [SIDEBAR: First Marine Utility Uniform Issued in World War II]
  
• [SIDEBAR: LVT (1)—The ‘Amtrac’]
  
• [SIDEBAR: General Vandegrift and His 1st Marine Division Staff]
  
• [SIDEBAR: The Coastwatchers]
  
• [SIDEBAR: The 1st Marine Division Patch]
  
• [September and the Ridge]
  
• [SIDEBAR: Sergeant Major Sir Jacob Charles Vouza]
  
• [SIDEBAR: M3A1 37mm Antitank Gun]
  
• [SIDEBAR: Douglas Albert Munro]
  
• [October and the Japanese Offensive]
  
• [SIDEBAR: Reising Gun]
  
• [November and the Continuing Buildup]
  
• [SIDEBAR: 75mm Pack Howitzer—Workhorse of the Artillery]
  
• [SIDEBAR: The Japanese Model 89 (1929) 50mm Heavy Grenade Discharger]
  
• [December and the Final Stages]
  
• [SIDEBAR: The ‘George’ Medal]
  
• [Sources]
  
• [About the Author]
  
• [About this series of pamphlets]
  
• [Transcriber’s Notes]

First Offensive:
The Marine Campaign
For Guadalcanal

Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series

By Henry I. Shaw, Jr.

A Marine machine gunner and his Browning .30-caliber M1917 heavy machine gun stand guard while 1st Marine Division engineers clean up in the Lunga River. (Department of Defense [USMC] Photo 588741)

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