Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
Contents Introduction Change Comes to the Marine Corps Face-to-Face with Segregation Starting from Scratch Building the 51st Defense Battalion The 51st Battalion at War The 52nd Defense Battalion Combat Service Support Seizing the Marianas Islands, Sapain, Tinian, and Guam Peleliu and Iwo Jima Okinawa, Japan, and China Returning Home Pride Mixed with Bitterness Sources Biographies The 'Great White Father' Gilbert H. Johnson Edgar R. Huff Special Subjects African-Americans and the Marines The Stewards' Branch The Death March The Route West Mop-up on Guam The Third Battle of Guam Unfinished Business	THE RIGHT TO FIGHT: African-American Marines in World War II by Bernard C. Nalty A veteran 90mm crew of the 51st Defense Battalion poses with its gun, "Lena Horne," at Eniwetok in 1945. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 121743
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