Major John N Rentz Usmcr: 2 books

Marines In World War II - Bougainville And The Northern Solomons [Illustrated Edition]

by Major John N. Rentz USMCR
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

Contains 51 photos and 28 maps and charts. The fight to remove the barriers protecting the main base of the Japanese in New Guinea at Rabaul, was characterized by brutal jungle fighting attritional warfare of the worst sort and required every bit of toughness from the Marines that landed there. “BOUGAINVILLE...

Marines In World War II - Marines In The Central Solomons [Illustrated Edition]

by Major John N. Rentz USMCR
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

Contains 90 photos and 18 maps and charts. “In the grand strategy of the Pacific War, the Central Solomons operation constituted only a short step in the overall advance on Japan. But in the neutralization of Rabaul, Japan’s key holding in her "Southeastern Area," this campaign played...