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- catalog abstract "A straightforward, gripping tale from the Marines that stormed ashore on Guadalcanal in World War II. Told with humor and honesty in a no-holds-barred approach that only a Marine who was there could tell. Excerpt on firing a rifle grenade: "I jammed the rifle stock tight against my shoulder, raised myself up off the ground to a kneeling position, and squeezed the trigger. The rifle went bang! And the recoil jarred it loose from my grip. The rifle smacked me hard in the jaw. With that, I went down on my face while the little bluebirds started going tweet, tweet, tweet around my head. 'Did I hit it?' I asked. 'Yeah, you hit it, ' Flash said. 'The thing just didn't work. 'We finally ran into somebody from another unit, a guy who really understood how the new style grenade was supposed to work. We explained our misfortune to him, and he asked us did you pull the firing pin out!"".
- catalog contributor b13215541.
- catalog contributor b13215542.
- catalog contributor b13215543.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description "A straightforward, gripping tale from the Marines that stormed ashore on Guadalcanal in World War II. Told with humor and honesty in a no-holds-barred approach that only a Marine who was there could tell. Excerpt on firing a rifle grenade: "I jammed the rifle stock tight against my shoulder, raised myself up off the ground to a kneeling position, and squeezed the trigger. The rifle went bang! And the recoil jarred it loose from my grip. The rifle smacked me hard in the jaw. With that, I went down on my face while the little bluebirds started going tweet, tweet, tweet around my head. 'Did I hit it?' I asked. 'Yeah, you hit it, ' Flash said. 'The thing just didn't work. 'We finally ran into somebody from another unit, a guy who really understood how the new style grenade was supposed to work. We explained our misfortune to him, and he asked us did you pull the firing pin out!"".
- catalog description "Late July-Early August 1942 -- Our journey to Guadalcanal -- The second half of August 1942 -- September 1942 -- October 1942 -- November and early December 1942 -- Three Guadalcanals -- The cobbers -- Epilogue : a note to Iwo Jima.".
- catalog extent "v, 314 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0811731499".
- catalog isPartOf "Stackpole Military history series".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "940.54/265933/092 22".
- catalog subject "D767.98 .M34 2004".
- catalog subject "Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.".
- catalog subject "Marines United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Marion, Ore J.".
- catalog subject "United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 5th. Battalion, 3rd. Company L.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Late July-Early August 1942 -- Our journey to Guadalcanal -- The second half of August 1942 -- September 1942 -- October 1942 -- November and early December 1942 -- Three Guadalcanals -- The cobbers -- Epilogue : a note to Iwo Jima.".
- catalog title "On the Canal : the Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal, 1942 / Ore J. Marion with Thomas Cuddihy and Edward Cuddihy.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives American. fast".
- catalog type "text".