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for further reading. My story is personal. It relates what I saw and knew. I used the following references to check my facts for the few pieces of connecting tissue I've included to orient the reader to the larger war that raged around me and to be sure I had the names and places right.

Appleman, Roy E., et al. Okinawa: The Last Battle. Washington: Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1948.

Davis, Burke. Marine! The Life of Lieutenant General Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962.

Davis, Russell. Marine at War. Scholastic Book Services, N.Y., 1961.

Falk, Stanley. Bloodiest Victory: Palaus. New York: Ballantine Books, 1974.

Frank, Benis M. Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory. New York: Ballantine Books, 1974.

Frank, Benis M. and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Victory and Occupation: History of Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. V Washington: Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (hereinafter HQMC), 1968.

Garand, George W and Truman R. Strobridge. Western Pacific Operations: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. IV Washington: Historical Division, HQMC, 1971.

Heinl, Robert D., Jr. Soldiers of the Sea: The United States Marine Corps, 1775-1962. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1962.

Hough, Maj. Frank O. The Assault on Peleliu. Washington: Historical Division, HQMC, 1950.

Hunt, George P. Coral Comes High. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1946.

Isley Jeter A. and Philip Crowl. The U.S. Marines and Amphibious War. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1951.

James, D. Clayton. The Years of MacArthur Vol. II, 1941-45. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.

Leckie, Robert. Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan. New York: Random House, 1962.

Mayer, S. L., ed. The Japanese War Machine. Secaucus, N.J.: Chartwell Books, 1976.

McMillan, George. The Old Breed: A History of the First Marine Division in World War II. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1949.

Moran, John A. Creating a Legend. Chicago: Publishing Division, Moran/Andrews, Inc., 1973.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Two-Ocean War. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.

Moskin, J. Robert. The U.S. Marine Corps Story. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.

Muster Roll of Officers and Enlisted Men of the U.S. Marine Corps: Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. From 1 September to 30 September, 1944, inclusive; from 1 October to 31 October, 1944, inclusive; from 1 April to 30 April, 1945, inclusive; from 1 May to 31 May, 1945, inclusive; from 1 June to 30 June, 1945, inclusive. Washington: History and Museums Division, HQMC.

Nichols, Charles S., Jr., and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. Originally published in 1955 by the Historical Branch, G-3 Division, HQMC.

Paige, Mitchell. A Marine Named Mitch. New York: Vantage Press, 1975.

Shaw, Henry I., Jr., Bernard C. Nalty and Edwin T. Turnbladh. Central Pacific Drive: History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. III. Washington: Historical Branch, G-3 Division, HQMC, 1966.

Smith, S. E., ed. and comp. The United States Marine Corps in World War II New York: Random House, 1969.

Steinberg, Rafael. Island Fighting. Morristown, N.J.: Time-Life Books, 1978.

Stockman, James R. The First Marine Division on Okinawa: 1 April-30 June 1945. Washington: Historical Division, HQMC, 1946.

Time Magazine, 9 October 1944, p. 29; and 16 October 1944, p. 38.

Toland, John. The Rising Sun. New York: Random House, 1970.

United States 1st Marine Division. Operation Plan 1-44. Annex A, B Serial 0003 over 1990-5-80 over 45/8332; dated 15 Aug 1944.

———Palau Operation, Special Action Report, Serial 0775 over 1990-5-80 over 45/8390; dated 13 Sept 1944.

———Field Order No. 1-44 through 9-44. Serial 1990-5-80 over 45/8332; dated 20 Sept, 21 Sept, 22 Sept, 25 Sept, 2 Oct., 5 Oct, 8 Oct, 10 Oct., and 13 Oct 1944.

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