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Makin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942

LC control no.sh2001001791
Topical headingMakin Atoll, Raid on, Kiribati, 1942
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Variant(s)Makin Atoll (Kiribati), Raid on, 1942
Raid on Makin Atoll, Kiribati, 1942
See alsoWorld War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Kiribati
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Found inWork cat.: 2001016393: Smith, George W. Carlson's raid : the daring Marine assault on Makin, c2001: CIP galley (In early Aug. 1942, an untested but Gung Ho group of 219 Marines from the 2d Raider Battalion embarked aboard two giant submarines in Hawaii for a commando-style attack on Makin Atoll of the Gilbert Islands as a diversion to the on-going Guadalcanal operation)