Название: Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons
Автор: Captain John C. Chapin
Издательство: US Marine Corps
Язык: Английский
Страниц: 36
Размер: 22 мб
Формат: PDF
Качество: хорошее
Год: 1997
Assault landings began for the men in the blackness of the early hours of the morning. On 1 November 1943, the troops of the 3d Marine Division were awakened before 0400, went to General Quarters at 0500, ate a tense breakfast, and then stood by for the decisive command, "Land the Landing Force." All around them the preinvasion bombardment thundered, as the accompanying destroyers poured their 5-inch shells into the target areas, and spotters in aircraft helped to adjust the fire...
