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Hitting The Beaches: The First Armored Amphibian Battalion In World War II, 1943 1945 - Kwajalein, Guam, Okinawa

CONTENTS Collaborators on this volume viii Acknowledgements ix Foreword: Lt. General Louis Metzger xi Preface xiv Chapter 1. Background: The War, the Weapon, the Men 1 The war in the Central Pacific. The Japanese foe. Amphibian tractors. Amphibian tanks: the LVTA-l, the LVTA-4. The men. The schools. Jacques' Farm. Camp Pendleton. Movie making. Chapter 2. The Boat Basin 22 Building a battalion. Training in the amtanks. Amtanks and the LST. Other training. Camp life & liberty. The Tarawa draft. Preparing for departure. Chapter 3. The San Clemente Maneuvers 38 Chapter 4. San Diego to Kwajalein 47 Early days at sea. The storm. Kauai. Approach to Kwajalein. Chapter 5. Kwajalein: The First Test 61 The Central Pacific offensive. Pre-invasion strategy. The battle plan. D-Day: the Ivan and Jacob landings, the Allen and Albert landings. D+l: Roi and Namur. Mopping up and shipping out. Assessment. Chapter 6. Kwajalein to Guadalcanal 96 The ships. Kwajalein to Funafuti. Funafuti. Funafuti to Guadalcanal. Chapter 7. Guadalcanal the First Time 103 Building Camp McCartney. Kavieng bypassed. Rebuilding the Battalion. Training and work. Camp life. Preparing for combat. Maneuvers. Chapter 8. Guadalc

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