Description: 1ST ED USMC BOOK, "THE BIG YANKEE: LIFE OF CARLSON OF THE RAIDERS," M. BLANKFORT A FASCINATING READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN USMC, GUERILLA WARWARE, AND WW2 HISTORY! USED IN GOOD CONDITION COMMENSURATE WITH AGE, SCARCITY, AND USE AS A LIBRARY BOOK. THE FRONT COVER HAS BEEN AFFIXED TO THE FRONTISPIECE WITH LIBRARY FILAMENT TAPE AND THE FIRST 8 TO 10 PAGES BEAR WITNESS TO SOME TEARS, BUT THE REMAINER OF THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND, AS A WHOLE, IS STILL VERY SERVICEABLE. THERE IS NO MARGINALIA AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE STILL CLEAR AND BRIGHT. IF NOT FOR THE FILAMENT TAPE AND FEW TEARS, IT WOULD RATE AS VERY GOOD. IT IS THE FIRST EDITION OF A HARD-TO-FIND BOOK ON USMC HISTORY. PRICED ACCORDINGLY. 380PP. Evans Fordyce Carlson (February 26, 1896 – May 27, 1947) was a decorated and retired United States Marine Corps general officer who was the leader of "Carlson's Raiders" during World War II. Many credit Carlson with developing the tactics and attitude that would later come to define America's special operations forces. He is renowned for the "Makin Island raid" in 1942, and his raiders' "Long Patrol" (aka Carlson's patrol) behind Japanese lines on Guadalcanal, in which 488 Japanese were killed. Carlson popularized the phrase "gung-ho".
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: BOSTON, MA
Signed: No
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN
Subject: BIOGRAPHY OF EVANS CARLSON, USMC
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1947
California Prop 65 Warning: NA
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Illustrator: NA
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Ex-Library, Illustrated
Author: MICHAEL BLANKFORT
Region: Asia
Personalized: No
Topic: BIOGRAPHY OF EVANS CARLSON, USMC
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: EVANS CARLSON
