Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:The Sixth Marine Division holds a unique place in U.S. Marine Corps history, because it was retired after one great battle. The division was formed on Guadalcanal in September 1944, its ranks filled with battle-hardened veterans and untested replacement troops. The Sixth Division fought its only action on the island of Okinawa from April to June 1945 but entered the fight with more combat experience overall than any other Marine division in its initial battle. It disappointed no one. The Okinawa campaign involved eight Army and Marine divisions, but the Sixth captured most of the ground in some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Weeks later, atomic attacks on two Japanese cities in early August 1945 swiftly ended the war. "Before Hiroshima there was Okinawa. Because of Okinawa, in considerable part there was Hiroshima," wrote one reporter. With the invasion of Japan canceled, the Sixth Division went to China on occupation duty and, on 1 April 1946, was reorganized out of existence. As it was created overseas, so was it disbanded. This book tells the story of these Marines in their own words. Historian Laura Lacey a Marine family member who has lived on Okinawa sympathetically portrays the men who in 1945 fought a tremendous battle that she contends has not received its full share of attention from historians. Lacey considers the gritty details of close quarters combat and considers the myriad physical and psychological wounds that war wreaks.
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Book Title: Stay Off The Skyline
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Item Length: 9 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2005
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 1940s
Item Height: 1 in
Author: Laura Homan Lacey
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Combat, Marines, Military History, True Military Stories, World War II, Military / World War II, Asia / Japan
Subjects: History & Military
Item Weight: 19.9 Oz
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
