WAN bibliography
A Brief History of the 8th Marines
1976 James S. Santelli. History and Museums Division, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington D.C.
Lineage of 8th Marines, Honors Awarded 8th Marines
2014 USMC Document.
The Organization of the Marine Infantry Regiment: Tables of Organization
1944 Marine Corps Schools Collection, Library of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA.
https://archive.org/details/organizationofma00unse/page/38/mode/2up
US Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945
2002 Gordon L. Rottman. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.
Marines in Pacific Battles: A Historic Overview of Combat and Strategy
2024 Valor Archive Editorial Team, website: valorarchive.com.
2nd Marine Division: Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Tanambogo, Gavutu, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa
1998 Mark Griggs. website: tarawaontheweb.com
https://tarawaontheweb.com/griggs.htm
Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
1993 Colonel Joseph H. Alexander. Marines in WWII Commerative Series, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC//USMC-C-Tarawa/index.html
Tarawa
[no date] online document, website: marines.mil
American Flamethrowers in World War II: M2 flamethrower operation
2023 Tom Laemlein. website: The Armory Life.
2nd Marine Division Demolitions & Flamethrower Practice
1944 USMC training film, US Naval Photographic Center film # 1881. National Archives, Washington DC
https://archive.org/details/NPC-1881
Combat Horror on Saipan
2014 David Lippman. Military Heritage Presents WWII History, Vol. 13, No.2.
Saipan: The Beginning of the End
1950 Major Carl W. Hoffman. USMC Historical Monograph, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC//USMC-M-Saipan/index.html
Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan
1951 Major Carl W. Hoffman. USMC Historical Monograph, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC//USMC-C-Saipan/index.html
Saipan
[no date] website: The First Battalion, 24th Marines: Preserving the WWII history of a Marine Corps battalion from boot camp to battle and back.
Battle of Saipan
2009 Editors, History.com.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-saipan
Seizing Saipan
2024 Chris K. Hemler. Naval History, U.S. Naval Institute, Anapolis, MD
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2024/june/seizing-saipan
Mount Tapotchau: The Marines Take Saipan’s High Ground
2012 James Campbell. website: Historynet.com.
Operation Forager: The Battle of Saipan 15 June–9 July 1944
2019 Adam Bisno. NHHC Communication and Outreach Division, Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy Yard, Washington dC.
Oral History: Henry Bird, 18th Marines, 2nd Division, Battle on Saipan and Tinian
2015 The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum, New Orleans.
https://www.ww2online.org/view/henry-bird#battle-on-saipan
Oral History: Ira Schilling, 6th Marines, 2nd Division, Battle on Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian
2015 The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum, New Orleans.
https://www.ww2online.org/view/ira-schilling#securing-saipan
20th Engineer Regiment 4th Marine Division
[no date] MSgt Phil Martin. website: marcoengasn.org, compiled from History Section USMC, Operations and 20th Engineer report,
https://marcorengasn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20th-Engineer-Regiment-4th-Marine-Division.docx
History: 2nd Marine Regiment
[no date] Official Website of the 2nd Marine Regiment, Camp Legeune, NC.
https://www.2ndmarines.marines.mil/History
The Seizure of Tinian
1951 Major Carl W. Hoffman. USMC Historical Monograph, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC//USMC-M-Tinian/index.html
A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian
1994 Richard Harwood. Marines in WWII Commerative Series, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC//USMC-C-Tinian/index.html
National Museum of the Pacific War, The Nimitz Museum presents an Oral History: E.W. ‘Bill” Wasson
Eddie Graham (interviewer). online document. website: texashistory.unt.edu.
Attrition. Iwo Jima: 3 March 1945
[no date] website: The First Battalion, 24th Marines: Preserving the WWII history of a Marine Corps battalion from boot camp to battle and back.
Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific
1955 Major Chas. S. Nichols, Jr.. USMC Historical Monograph, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC//USMC-M-Okinawa/index.html
The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa
1996 Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, USMC Historical Monograph, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC//USMC-C-Okinawa/index.html
The Invasion of Okinawa: One Damned Ridge After Another
2020 Seth Paridon. The National WWII Museum, New Orleans.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/okinawa-invasion-1945
Battle of Okinawa
2009 Editors, History.com.
https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
1981 Eugene B. Sledge. Ballatine Books, NY.
Disarming Japanese Bombs & Mines, Guam
1944 USMC Training Film.
https://archive.org/details/NPC-5312
Western Pacific Operations
1971 George W. Garand & Truman R. Strobridge. Historical Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps., Washington DC.
The United States Marines in the Occupation of Japan
1962 Henry I. Shaw, Jr.. Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/HRP-Occupation/index.html
Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America’s Experience with Atomic Radiation
1982 Robert Alvarez & Eleanor Walters. Dell Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.
https://ratical.org/radiation/KillingOurOwn/KOO1.html
The United States Marines in the Occupation of Japan
1961 Henry I. Shaw, Jr.. Marine Corps Historical Reference Pamphlet, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.