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The Amphibians Are Coming!: Emergence of the 'Gator Navy and Its Revolutionary WWII Landing Craft
by McGee, William L.
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"Through ships' logs, war diaries and oral histories, we learn about the experiences of the early plankowners of 'Earlybird' Flotilla Five....a welcome reference library addition."
- Leatherneck, Magazine of the Marines THE AMPHIBIANS ARE COMING is Volume I in award-winning World War II military historian William L. McGee's acclaimed three-volume Pacific war series. A biographical history of the revolutionary WWII landing craft designed and built to speed assault troops directly to the beach. * Focuses on the "Earlybird" Flotilla Five LCTs (Landing Craft, Tank), LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) and their crews...from landing craft design and construction, to amphibious training and crew and flotilla formations, and to on-the-job warfare training in the Southern Solomons...all in preparation for their first invasion of enemy-held territory, Operation TOENAILS. * Provides a brief history of amphibious warfare from the Revolutionary War to the 1942 Guadalcanal and North Africa campaigns. * Profiles the famed "Green Dragons," the high-speed destroyer transports that filled a pressing Marine Corps need for ship-to-shore delivery prior to the availability of the new landing craft. "McGee combines exhaustive research with the words of the men who took the theory of the amphibious doctrine and the new machines to sea. His dedicated work will surely help keep the day-to-day naval record of the 'Greatest Generation' from being lost."
- From the Foreword by John Lorelli, author of "To Foreign Shores, U.S.Amphibious Operations in WWII" 110 b/w photos, 13 maps, plus charts, appendices, notes, bibliography, and index. OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES
Vol. II, THE SOLOMONS CAMPAIGNS, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville, Pacific War Turning Point. Winner of the Military Writers Society of America 2018 Silver Medal Award for History.
Vol. III, PACIFIC EXPRESS: The Critical Role of Military Logistics in World War II
- Leatherneck, Magazine of the Marines THE AMPHIBIANS ARE COMING is Volume I in award-winning World War II military historian William L. McGee's acclaimed three-volume Pacific war series. A biographical history of the revolutionary WWII landing craft designed and built to speed assault troops directly to the beach. * Focuses on the "Earlybird" Flotilla Five LCTs (Landing Craft, Tank), LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) and their crews...from landing craft design and construction, to amphibious training and crew and flotilla formations, and to on-the-job warfare training in the Southern Solomons...all in preparation for their first invasion of enemy-held territory, Operation TOENAILS. * Provides a brief history of amphibious warfare from the Revolutionary War to the 1942 Guadalcanal and North Africa campaigns. * Profiles the famed "Green Dragons," the high-speed destroyer transports that filled a pressing Marine Corps need for ship-to-shore delivery prior to the availability of the new landing craft. "McGee combines exhaustive research with the words of the men who took the theory of the amphibious doctrine and the new machines to sea. His dedicated work will surely help keep the day-to-day naval record of the 'Greatest Generation' from being lost."
- From the Foreword by John Lorelli, author of "To Foreign Shores, U.S.Amphibious Operations in WWII" 110 b/w photos, 13 maps, plus charts, appendices, notes, bibliography, and index. OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES
Vol. II, THE SOLOMONS CAMPAIGNS, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville, Pacific War Turning Point. Winner of the Military Writers Society of America 2018 Silver Medal Award for History.
Vol. III, PACIFIC EXPRESS: The Critical Role of Military Logistics in World War II
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: McGee, William L.
- ISBN: 9780970167866
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 0.64
- Number Of Pages: 280
- Publication Year: 2000
Language:
English