Devil Dogs Fighting Marines of World War I

 

The most comprehensive study of the USMC combat history in Western Europe during the First World War. Written by a recognised authority on the USMC. Contains many rare b&w photos and detailed day-by-day combat history. At the onset of American involvement in the war, the Marines were an orphan force (though officially under the aegis of the navy) and unwelcome by the army, which saw no need for a second ground force. Clark covers the background maneuvering that finally allowed the Marines to be shifted over to a furious General Pershing and thus to live up to their motto of "First to Fight." Once they were overseas and in the field, the battles waged by the Marines remain among the best remembered of the American stage of the war: Verdun, Belleau Wood, Soissons, Marbache Sector, the Meuse, and several others.

George B Clark
Hardcover 512pp,

Book Code:  AW0614