A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island (Marines in World War II Commemorative Series) - Softcover

Cressman, Robert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0160416191 ISBN 13: 9780160416194

Publisher: United States Govt Printing Office, 1993

Synopsis

A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island by Robert Cressman

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About the Author

Robert J. Cressman, currently a member of the Naval Historical Center’s Contemporary History Branch, earned both a bachelor of arts in history, in 1972, and a masters of arts in history, in 1978, at the University of Maryland. Formerly also a historian in the Marine Corps Historical Center’s Reference Section, from 1979–1981, he has published articles in such publications as the Naval Institute Proceedings, Marine Corps Gazette, and The Hook. He is the author of That Gallant Ship: USS Yorktown (CV-5) (1985), and editor and principal contributor of A Glorious Page in Our History: The Battle of Midway, 4–6 June 1942 (1990). With J. Michael Wenger, he has co-authored Steady Nerves and Stout Hearts: The USS Enterprise (CV-6) Air Group and Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (1990) and Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (1992), another title in this World War II commemorative series of publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: United States Govt Printing Office
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0160416191
• ISBN 13: 9780160416194
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 598