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The Marshalls: increasing the tempo

Contents Foreword V Preface VI Chapter I. "Anchored Aircraft Carriers" --- 1 The Marshalls Operation, p. 1 Some Geography and History, p. 1 "Thus We Get On With The War," p. 5 Chapter II. Plans and Preparations --- 9 Over-all Plan, p. 9 Who Will Command? p. 14 Force and Corps Planning, p. 15 Preparing for Roi-Namur, p. 20 Preparing for Kwajalein, p. 26 Intelligence, p. 28 The Japanese, p. 29 Logistics, p. 35 Preliminary Operations, p. 37 Mounting Out , p. 41 Chapter III. D-Day in the Marshalls --- 42 IVAN and JACOB, p. 42 ALLEN, ALBERT and ABRAHAM, p. 46 CECIL and CARTER, p. 53 CARLOS and CARLSON, p. 55 Majuro, Bloodless Conquest, p. 58 After Nightfall, 61 Chapter IV. D-Plus 1, Roi --- 64 LSTs, LVT's and Wet TCS-TBX, p. 64 Landing on Red 3, p. 69 Landing on Red 2, p. 71 Roi is Secured, p. 74 Clean-up on Roi, p. 79 Chapter V. Namur, D-Plus 1, Roi --- 81 The 24th Gets Ashore, p. 81 Green 2 to 0-1, p. 85 Landing Team 3 Reaches 0-1, p. 87 Warheads in the Blockhouse, p. 89 North from SYCAMORE, p. 91 Namur Secured, p. 95 Chapter VI. Kwajalein --- 100 The First Day, p. 100 The Second Day, p. 103 The Third Day, p. 105 The Fourth Day, p. 106 Chapter VII. Interval --- 108 Completing the Job,

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