"A deeply engaging biographical history of the World War II ship-to-shore landing craft and their crews. . . . A welcome and informative addition to personal and academic World War II history and reference collections." - Midwest Book Review Volume I in award-winning author William L. McGee's Pacific war series is a biographical history of the revolutionary amphibious landing craft of World War II - LCTs (Landing Craft, Tank), LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) - each designed and built to land ...
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"A deeply engaging biographical history of the World War II ship-to-shore landing craft and their crews. . . . A welcome and informative addition to personal and academic World War II history and reference collections." - Midwest Book Review Volume I in award-winning author William L. McGee's Pacific war series is a biographical history of the revolutionary amphibious landing craft of World War II - LCTs (Landing Craft, Tank), LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) - each designed and built to land assault troops and equipment directly on a hostile or potentially hostile beach. The reader will learn: -A brief history of amphibious warfare from the Revolutionary War to the 1942 Guadalcanal and North Africa campaigns. -A focus on the "Earlybird" Flotilla Five LCTs, LSTs, LCIs, and their crews, from landing craft design and construction, to amphibious training, to 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. - A profile of 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. 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 for History. Vol. III, PACIFIC EXPRESS: The Critical Role of Military Logistics in World War II
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