From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in The Pacific War
Creating the Raiders
Sidebar: Major General Merritt A. Edson, USMC
Sidebar: Brigadier General Evans F. Carlson, USMC
Sidebar: Destroyer Transports
Shaping the Raiders
Getting to the Fight
Makin
Tulagi
Tasimboko
Edson’s Ridge
Matanikau
Sidebar: Raider Weapons and Equipment
The Long Patrol
Sidebar: The Raider Training Center
Reshaping the Raiders
New Georgia
Sidebar: The Raider Patch
Enogai
Bairoko
Bougainville
The Raider Legacy
Sources
About the Author
Errata
About this series of pamphlets
Transcriber’s Notes
FROM MAKIN TO
BOUGAINVILLE:
MARINE RAIDERS IN
THE PACIFIC WAR
MARINES IN
WORLD WAR II
COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
BY MAJOR JON T. HOFFMAN
U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE
[Illustration: _The Browning air-cooled .30-caliber machine gun was
the weapon of choice for raider battalions because of its low weight
in comparison to other available machine guns. The raider battalions
were not armed with heavy weapons._ Department of Defense Photo (USMC)
56108]
[Illustration: _Marine riflemen take on Japanese snipers while others
put a captured 37mm field gun into operation during the raid on
Koiari. Parachutists and raiders expected to surprise the enemy, but
were themselves surprised instead when they landed in the midst of a
well-defended supply dump. The enemy pinned the Marines to the beach
with heavy fire, until evening._ Department of Defense Photo (USMC)
69783]
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