Tanks on the Beaches: A Marine Tanker in the Pacific War
Robert M. Neiman, perhaps the most experienced combat commander of the U.S. Marine Corps' tank arm, was one of the rare USMC officers to serve in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles. In Tanks on the Beaches, Neiman and his coauthor, Kenneth W. Estes, relay vivid accounts of fighting in the Pacific War, as well as Marine Corps service during the entire World War II period, devoid of idolatry and mythmaking. After the capture of Guadalcanal, Neiman endured Japanese bombardments there to gather information for his assignment as operations officer of a new tank school being formed in California. He eventually led his own tank company through four i…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Estes, Kenneth W.
- ISBN: 978-1-58544-240-9
- EAN: 9781585442409
- Produktnummer: 9606731
- Verlag: Texas A & M Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.2 cm 540 g
- Auflage: New
- Reihenbandnummer: 85
- Gewicht: 540
Über den Autor
Robert M. Neiman is retired and now lives in Indian Wells, California. Kenneth W. Estes is a historian, defense consultant, and former commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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