Top Of The Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons (Marines in World War II Commemorative Series)

Chapin USMCR, Capt John C.

ISBN 10: 1482391597 / ISBN 13: 9781482391596

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Top Of The Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons (Marines in World War II Commemorative Series)
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1482391597
• ISBN 13: 9781482391596
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. Recounts the Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons during World War II.

About the Author

Captain John C. Chapin earned a bachelor of arts degree with honors in history from Yale University in 1942 and was commissioned later that year. He served as a rifle platoon leader in the 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, and was wounded in action during assault landings on Roi-Namur and Saipan. Transferred to duty at the Historical Division, Headquarters Marine Corps, he wrote the first official histories of the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions. Moving to Reserve status at the end of World War II, he earned a master’s degree in history at George Washington University with a thesis on “The Marine Occupation of Haiti, 1915–1922.” Now a captain in retired status, he has been a volunteer at the Marine Corps Historical Center for 12 years. During that time he wrote History of Marine Fighter-Attack (VMFA) Squadron 115. With support from the Historical Center and the Marine Corps Historical Foundation, he then spent some years researching and interviewing for the writing of a new book, Uncommon Men: The Sergeants Major of the Marine Corps, published in 1992 by the White Mane Publishing Company. Subsequently, he wrote four monographs for this series of historical pamphlets, commemorating the campaigns for the Marshalls, Saipan, Bougainville, and Marine Aviation in the Philippines operations.