A Brief History Of The 8th Marines
Contributors: United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Navy, Marine Corps, History and Museums Division : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: United States. -- Marine Corps. -- 8th Regt -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Origin and World War I garrison duty; title: Peace-keeping duty in Haiti; title: World War II reactivation; title: Guadalcanal; title: Tarawa; title: Saipan; title: Tinian; title: Okinawa; title: The occupation of Japan and the immediate postwar period; title: Rebirth and deployments of the 1950s; title: Expeditionary duty in Lebanon; title: The Cuban missile crisis; title: Steel Pike 1; title: Intervention in the Dominican Republic and further deployments; title: Conclusion; title: Footnotes; title: Commanding Officers, 8th Marines; title: Chronology, 8th marines; title: Streamer entitlement, 8th Marines