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The United States Marine Corps in the World War / by Major Edwin N. McClellan, USMC.

By: Contributor(s): Series: U.S. Marines in World War I centennial commemorative series ; no. 1.Publisher: Quantico, VA : U.S. Marine Corps History Division, 2014Distributor: Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.Edition: Updated and revised third edition 2014Description: xxi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780160927829
  • 016092782X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online resource:: United States Marine Corps in the World WarLOC classification:
  • D570.45 M33
Contents:
In general -- Statutory and actual strength of the Marine Corps on various dates -- Recruiting ; Applicants, rejections, enlistments ; Enlistments by state -- Geographical location and disposition of Marines during war -- How officers were obtained and trained -- Training enlisted men in the United States and Europe -- Organizations and replacements ; Sent to Europe ; Organization of the 4th and 5th Brigades -- Operations in general -- Units composing, and the commanding generals of, the 2d Division-Verdun operations -- Aisne defensive ; Hill 142, Bouresches, and Bois de la Brigade de Marine in the Chateau-Thierry sector -- The Aisne-Marne offensive (Soissons) -- Marbache sector, near Pont-aÌ-Mousson ; Saint-Mihiel offensive -- The Meuse-Argonne offensive ; Crossing the Meuse River -- March to the Rhine ; Army of occupation ; Summary of operations of the 4th Brigade -- With the Navy onboard the battleships and cruisers -- The activities of the 5th Brigade -- Casualties -- Citations of Marine organizations ; Days in France ; Artillery captured ; Prisoners captured ; Kilometers advanced ; Decorations awarded -- Rifle practice ; Rifle and pistol competitions -- Aviation -- Marine Corps Reserve -- Return of Marines from Europe ; Parades in the United States -- Demobilization -- Office of the Major General Commandant; Adjutant and Inspector's Department -- Paymaster's Department -- Quartermaster's Department -- Marine Corps deaths -- Biographies of selected Marine Corps leaders.

"First edition published 1920, Second edition 1968."

Shipping list no.: 2015-0270-P.

Includes index.

In general -- Statutory and actual strength of the Marine Corps on various dates -- Recruiting ; Applicants, rejections, enlistments ; Enlistments by state -- Geographical location and disposition of Marines during war -- How officers were obtained and trained -- Training enlisted men in the United States and Europe -- Organizations and replacements ; Sent to Europe ; Organization of the 4th and 5th Brigades -- Operations in general -- Units composing, and the commanding generals of, the 2d Division-Verdun operations -- Aisne defensive ; Hill 142, Bouresches, and Bois de la Brigade de Marine in the Chateau-Thierry sector -- The Aisne-Marne offensive (Soissons) -- Marbache sector, near Pont-aÌ-Mousson ; Saint-Mihiel offensive -- The Meuse-Argonne offensive ; Crossing the Meuse River -- March to the Rhine ; Army of occupation ; Summary of operations of the 4th Brigade -- With the Navy onboard the battleships and cruisers -- The activities of the 5th Brigade -- Casualties -- Citations of Marine organizations ; Days in France ; Artillery captured ; Prisoners captured ; Kilometers advanced ; Decorations awarded -- Rifle practice ; Rifle and pistol competitions -- Aviation -- Marine Corps Reserve -- Return of Marines from Europe ; Parades in the United States -- Demobilization -- Office of the Major General Commandant; Adjutant and Inspector's Department -- Paymaster's Department -- Quartermaster's Department -- Marine Corps deaths -- Biographies of selected Marine Corps leaders.

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