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Philip Katcher
VANGUARD SERIES
EDITOR: MARTI N WI NDROW
US 1st
MARINE DIVISION
1941-45
Text by PHILIP KATCHER
Colour plates by MIKE CHAPPELL
OSPREY PUBLISHING LONDON
Published in 19i9 by
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pany o f the (;eorg(' Philip Group
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Prin ted in Hong Ko ng
Cora illustration
~I i k e Ch appell's cover painting shows men of the rst
Xluri ne Divisio n advanc ing through tilt' ele ph ant
grass of Cape Gl ou cester ill December I!.H3,
supported by a cast- hull ~1.~;\ 1 Sh ennan lank o f th e
l SI US ~ IC Tank Ba tt alio n , It is taken frrun a
photograph. a nd shows the very plain appt'al"alln' or
ta nks of the divisional ba ttal ion all marki ngs,
including national sta rs, an' omi tted eXel'))L I()I" sma ll
whiu- vehir-b- numbers 0 11 the front and rear q uurt crs
o f the turret. The pr inted ca mo uflag e co m ba t suit
was not much used in th e t st Division. according- to
photographic evidence: we ha n ' included it here for
inu-n-sr, bUI in fan th e normal OD fat igues seem to
have been th e norm a t Capt' Gloucester.
Marines man a .jorum ami-airc ra ft emplacemen t (no te range•
finder on ri ~h lJ ove rlooking the beaches of Guadalcanal.
(T his. and all other photographs. co ur tesy of CS M a r