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US Marine in World War I
Contributor(s): Gilbert, Ed (Author), Gilbert, Catherine (Author), Shumate, Johnny (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1472813871     ISBN-13: 9781472813879
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
OUR PRICE:   $17.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2016
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War I
- History | Military - United States
Dewey: 940.412
Series: Warrior
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.1" W x 9.6" (0.40 lbs) 64 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
 
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Publisher Description:

The words "Retreat? Hell, we just got here," has become a central part of the Marine Corps legend, indicative of their reputation for dogged determination and bravery. The iconic words were uttered at the height of the fierce battle for Belleau Wood and became a defining moment for the Corps, establishing their "first to fight" ethos in the public eye.

This history follows the experiences of the Marines during the Great War, from their training in the United States and France through the battles in the trenches and battlefields of the Western Front and right up to their occupation duties in the Rhineland. Packed with firsthand accounts and detailed information from the USMC History Division at Quantico and published to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of America's involvement in World War I, this is a timely analysis of one of the Marines defining moments.

Contributor Bio(s): Gilbert, Ed: - ED GILBERT is a native of Alabama, with a lifelong interest in the Creek War. He was a Marine Corps artilleryman, an NCO instructor in the USMCR, a college professor, and for 28 years worked in geological research and oil and gas exploration worldwide. Now semiretired, he works only on special projects. In addition to other volumes for Osprey, Ed is the author of a three-volume series on the history of Marine Corps tank units: Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific; Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea; and Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam. He is currently at work on a fourth volume covering the involvement of Marine Corps tank units in Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Somalia, as well as a study of the mechanization of the Fleet Marine Force divisions in World War II.