Quite some time ago I developed a US Marine force for Pacific Theatre operations, especially for my favourite campaign (Guadalcanal & the Solomon Islands) but also designed to cover the subsequent campaigns through 1943 to early 1944 (e.g. Gilbert and Marshal Islands). This covers the period of the “D” and “E” organisations of the US Marine Divisions & Regiments, primarily the first three Marine Divisions. The next restructure “F” occurred in May 1944 prior to the Marianna & Palau, and Philippine, Campaigns which all kicked off around June-July 1944. So this is my take on US Marines for Crossfire for the first 18 months these divisions existed and the initial campaigns to ‘retake the pacific’…
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