1945 WWII Island Victory Fighting Forces Infantry Journal Lt. Col. Marshall For Sale

Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, written by Lt. Col. Marshall. An Infantry Journal Penguin Books paperback, 3r printing 1945.
An on-the-spot history of a fight in the Pacific during World War II,Island Victorywas the first battle history written by then–Lieutenant Colonel S. L. A. Marshall, a veteran of World War I who would serve in Korea and Vietnam and become a brigadier general in the process. After the Seventh Infantry Division drove across Kwajalein Atoll in the first days of February 1944, successfully wresting control of the strategic southern tip from the Japanese, Marshall was charged with producing an accurate and comprehensive account of the fight. His solution: bring the front-line soldiers together at once and interview them as a group, tapping the collective memory of a platoon fresh from battle.



A compelling work of military history, and the first book of its kind,Island Victoryis itself an important chapter in the history of how military exploits are described and recorded.