num_pages: 169
description: On October 16 1942, on Kwajalein Atoll, at the fringe of the Japanese Empire, members of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 6th Base Unit ceremonially beheaded nine Marines from the U.S. 2nd Raider Battalion. This work offers an account of how these volunteers were inadvertently left behind after the Marines' raid on Makin Island.
language: English
title: Forgotten Raiders of '42: The Fate of the Marines Left Behind on Makin
titlecomplete: Forgotten Raiders of '42: The Fate of the Marines Left Behind on Makin (Military Controversies)
ratings_count: 10
publisher: POTOMAC BOOKS