I collected a lot of websites which show information on what Marine
units were deployed on Guadalcanal:
Marine Raider Battalions in the Pacific Campaign, 1942-1944
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/USMCRaid.html
- Divisions are the biggest unit of the Marines.
- 1st raider battalion, Aug. 1942
- 2nd raider battalion, Aug-Nov. 1942
Guadalcanal history
http://www.cdimaria.com/guadalcanal.htm
- Marine 1st division and a regiment of 2nd division landed in the
initial operations of Guadalcanal.
Americal Division Order of Battle (1942-1945 Detachments) by Cronin -
World War 2 detached units
http://www.americal.org/oob-wwdt.shtml
Naval Battle off Guadalcanal November 12-15, 1942 - Order of battle
(w/ Marine air units)
http://www.nobadlie.com/guadb.htm
U.S. Marine Raiders - Official Web Site
http://www.usmarineraiders.org/chron1stbn.html
Guadalcanal: The First Offensive - detailed military report
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/GuadC/GC-fm.htm
HyperWar: History of USMC Operations in WWII: Vol I
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/I/
About Marine units and organization:
Marine Division Units - brief history of each division - mentions
which Marine Divisions fought in Guadalcanal
http://www.leswanson.org/marine_division_units.htm
Marine Corps Units - how they are structured, at Global Security.org
website
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/intro.htm
2nd Battalion, 2d Marines at Global Security.org website
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/2-2.htm
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines at Global Security.org website
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/3-5.htm
Official Website of 2nd Battalion 6th Marines
http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/2dmardiv/26/History%20of%202-6.htm
Second Battalion, Second Marines, Second Marine division
http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/2dmardiv/22/Plaque.htm
1st Battalion 5th Marines
http://bigridge.net/onefive.html
Honors of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
http://www.marzone.com/7thMarines/Hst2_1000.htm
History Of The 11Th Marines & The 2nd Battalion
http://members.tripod.com/PAULSCALF/2-11_History_Page.html
Other links:
Links to Marine Corps History websites
http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/links.html
I hope these websites gave you all the information you need.
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I hope this has been a most helpful answer. If you have any problem
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Request for Answer Clarification by
ehrobe-ga
on
06 Aug 2003 12:47 PDT
techtor-ga,
What I'm looking for is the top-most designation or name that the
marines who fought on Guadalcanal belonged to, other than "Navy" or
"Marine Corp." As you can see, I'm not familiar with the naming
strategics of the military.
My ultimate goal is to find the name of a book written about the
Pacific Island battles that these divisions were part of. I seem to
remember that the name of the book had something to do with the name
of the divisions, like 3rd Army, 101st Airborne, etc.
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Clarification of Answer by
techtor-ga
on
06 Aug 2003 22:59 PDT
Thanks for clarifying that. If the book is all you need, I'll look for
it online and post the title here. Perhaps I can find a list of books,
then I'll post them to see if what you need is among them.
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Clarification of Answer by
techtor-ga
on
06 Aug 2003 23:13 PDT
I found this list of books about Guadalcanal. Tell me if the book
you're looking for is among these. I will continue to look for more.
Guadalcanal book list 1942
http://members.tripod.com/~anders_don/guadalcanal.html
Regards,
Techtor
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Clarification of Answer by
techtor-ga
on
06 Aug 2003 23:42 PDT
Here are other lists I found online.
The Campaign For Guadalcanal - Resources
http://www.daveswarbirds.com/guadalcanal/resource.htm
Modelwarships.com list of Guadalcanal books
http://www.modelwarships.com/features/current/Friday13/history/bibliography.html
Books on New Guinea campaigns (including Guadalcanal)
http://www.dropbears.com/b/broughsbooks/military/new_guinea_war.htm
From what I know, the Marines is just a Corps-size part of the Navy
(but the Marines is organized in a way similar to the army). Corps is
the next size of a unit below Army. After Corps comes the Division,
then Brigade (sometimes this is not included), then Battalion, then
Regiment, then Company, then Platoon, and then Squads. This is the
usual way of organizing, but it can differ from case to case.
Military organization - of current Marine forces only, but I give here
as an example of organization
http://web.qx.net/warcat/milsf/organization.htm
Search strings:
guadalcanal books
military unit organization
Hope this helps. Do let me know if you need more information.
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