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- catalog abstract ""By the summer of 1942, American morale was extremely low. Despite the navy's victory at Midway, the Japanese continued their advance in the Southwest Pacific. To provide a diversion to the invasion of Guadalcanal by the 1st Marine Division, Evans Carlson's 2d Marine Raider Battalion executed one of the most daring attacks of the war." "Departing Pearl Harbor on 8 August 1942, 219 men of "Carlson's Raiders," including the president's son, Maj. Jimmy Roosevelt, traveled 2,000 miles to the Gilbert Islands in the submarines Nautilus and Argonaut. Landing on Makin Atoll on 17 August, the Marine Raiders captured the atoll in two days of heavy fighting. Before leaving, they destroyed a radio station, burned Japanese equipment, and captured a trove of documents that proved to have significant intelligence value." "At the time, the Makin Raid was hailed as a great victory and the Marine Raiders were lionized by the American press and public hungry for any sign of victory against the Axis. The raid's long-term consequences were less than fortunate, however. Stirred up by the attack, aggressive Japanese patrols were able to flush out New Zealand coast-watchers who had been providing valuable intelligence. More significantly - alerted to the strategic importance and vulnerability of the Gilberts - the Japanese began to reinforce and fortify the Islands. At the end of November 1943 when the United States returned to the Gilberts in the form of the 2d Marine Division, the result was seventy-six bloody hours at Tarawa, which came close to ending in U.S. defeat."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12129647.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""At the time, the Makin Raid was hailed as a great victory and the Marine Raiders were lionized by the American press and public hungry for any sign of victory against the Axis. The raid's long-term consequences were less than fortunate, however. Stirred up by the attack, aggressive Japanese patrols were able to flush out New Zealand coast-watchers who had been providing valuable intelligence.".
- catalog description ""By the summer of 1942, American morale was extremely low. Despite the navy's victory at Midway, the Japanese continued their advance in the Southwest Pacific. To provide a diversion to the invasion of Guadalcanal by the 1st Marine Division, Evans Carlson's 2d Marine Raider Battalion executed one of the most daring attacks of the war."".
- catalog description ""Departing Pearl Harbor on 8 August 1942, 219 men of "Carlson's Raiders," including the president's son, Maj. Jimmy Roosevelt, traveled 2,000 miles to the Gilbert Islands in the submarines Nautilus and Argonaut. Landing on Makin Atoll on 17 August, the Marine Raiders captured the atoll in two days of heavy fighting. Before leaving, they destroyed a radio station, burned Japanese equipment, and captured a trove of documents that proved to have significant intelligence value."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index.".
- catalog description "More significantly - alerted to the strategic importance and vulnerability of the Gilberts - the Japanese began to reinforce and fortify the Islands. At the end of November 1943 when the United States returned to the Gilberts in the form of the 2d Marine Division, the result was seventy-six bloody hours at Tarawa, which came close to ending in U.S. defeat."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "System requirements for accompanying computer disc: videocard; Quicktime or similar; CD-ROM drive.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 262, [10] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Carlson's raid.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Carlson's raid.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Novato, CA. : Presidio Press,".
- catalog relation "Carlson's raid.".
- catalog requires "System requirements for accompanying computer disc: videocard; Quicktime or similar; CD-ROM drive.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "940.54/26 21".
- catalog subject "D767.917 .S65 2001".
- catalog subject "Makin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942.".
- catalog subject "United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd History.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States.".
- catalog title "Carlson's raid : the daring Marine assault on Makin / George W. Smith.".
- catalog type "CD-ROMs. local.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".