Once a Legend: Red Mike Edson of the Marine Raiders - Softcover

Hoffman, Jon; Hoffman, Jon T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089141732X ISBN 13: 9780891417323

Publisher: Presidio Press, 2001

Synopsis

Edson became one of the most versatile and respected Marines of his time: he was among the best combat leaders and most effective staff officers, an expert tactician, and also an artilleryman, a naval aviator, and a preeminent combat marksman.--Naval War College Review

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Merritt A. "Red Mike" Edson became a national hero on Guadalcanal during WW II for his epic defense of Henderson Field as the head of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion. He sustained his reputation for fearlessness on Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian as a regimental commander, then as assistant commander of the 2nd Marine Division. In his final wartime assignment, to Service Command of the Fleet Marine Force, he saw the evolution of the Marine Corps into a virtually independent branch of the U.S. armed forces. Edson, a leading Marine advocate during the postwar debate on preserving the corps, resigned rather than accept the compromises of the 1947 National Security Act determing the missions of the services. His suicide in 1955 at age 58 has obscured his distinguished career. Military freelance writer Hoffman's comprehensive biography goes far to restore Red Mike's stature in the history of the corps he loved.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 089141732X
• ISBN 13: 9780891417323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464