Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
Contents Introduction Coming Back to Guam Operation Forager Ashore in the North The Southern Beaches Colonel Suenaga Attacks Fonte Ridge Orote Securing the Force Beachhead Line The Attack North Beginning of the End Sources Biographies Gen. Roy S. Geiger Gen. Allan H. Turnage Gen. Lemuel C. Sheperd, Jr. Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce PFC Luther Skaggs, Jr. PFC Leonard F. Mason Capt. Louis H. Wilson Gen. Robert E. Cushman PFC Frank P. Witek Special Subjects 3rd Marine Division Insignia The Taking of Chonito Ridge The Colt .45-Caliber M1911A1 Pistol War Dogs on Guam	LIBERATION: Marines in the Recapture of Guam by Cyril J. O'Brien Marines of Battery I, 14th Defense Battalion, man their twin-barrelled, Mark IV, Oerlikon-designed 20mm guns on top of Chonito Ridge, overlooking Adelup Point. In the initial stages of the Guam operation, these antiaircraft guns fired in support of the 3d Marines. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 93063
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