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1976 James S. Santelli. History and Museums Division, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington D.C.
https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/A%20Brief%20History%20of%20the%208th%20Marines%20%20PCN%2019000318000.pdf
Lineage of 8th Marines, Honors Awarded 8th Marines
2014 USMC Document.
https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/HD/Lineage%20and%20Honors/Ground%20Units/8TH%20MARINES.pdf
The Organization of the Marine Infantry Regiment: Tables of Organization
1944 Marine Corps Schools Collection, Library of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA.
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2002 Gordon L. Rottman. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.
https://archive.org/details/us-marine-corps-world-war-ii-order-of-battle-ground-and-air-units-pacific
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2024 Valor Archive Editorial Team, website: valorarchive.com.
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1998 Mark Griggs. website: tarawaontheweb.com
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1993 Colonel Joseph H. Alexander. Marines in WWII Commerative Series, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
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[no date] online document, website: marines.mil
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2023 Tom Laemlein. website: The Armory Life.
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2nd Marine Division Demolitions & Flamethrower Practice
1944 USMC training film, US Naval Photographic Center film # 1881. National Archives, Washington DC
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2014 David Lippman. Military Heritage Presents WWII History, Vol. 13, No.2.
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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.
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1951 Major Carl W. Hoffman. USMC Historical Monograph, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
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2009 Editors, History.com.
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2024 Chris K. Hemler. Naval History, U.S. Naval Institute, Anapolis, MD
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2012 James Campbell. website: Historynet.com.
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2019 Adam Bisno. NHHC Communication and Outreach Division, Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy Yard, Washington dC.
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2015 The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum, New Orleans.
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1951 Major Carl W. Hoffman. USMC Historical Monograph, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
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1994 Richard Harwood. Marines in WWII Commerative Series, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
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1981 Eugene B. Sledge. Ballatine Books, NY.
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1962 Henry I. Shaw, Jr.. Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Washington DC.
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1982 Robert Alvarez & Eleanor Walters. Dell Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.
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