Transcriber’s note: Table of Contents added by Transcriberand placed into the Public Domain.
Contents
- Up the Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons
- Sidebar: Under The Southern Cross
- Sidebar: Individual Combat Clothing and Equipment
- The Munda Drive and the Fighting Ninth
- Sidebar: The ‘Green Dragon’ Landing Ship, Tank
- Sidebar: The ‘Long Tom’ 155mm M1A1 Gun
- Sidebar: Field Medicine
- Sidebar: Flight Clothing and Equipment
- Milk Runs and Black Sheep
- Sidebar: The Douglas R4D ‘Skytrain’
- A Joint Pattern for Victory
- Sources
- About the Author
- About the Series
- Transcriber’s Notes
Up the Slot:
Marines in the
Central
Solomons
Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series
By Major Charles D. Melson
U.S. Marine Corps (Ret)
The approach to Rendova Harbor as seenfrom the deck of an LST carrying Marinesashore. It sails through the narrow RenardEntrance with Rendova Peak in the backgroundand the Lever Brothers’ landing atthe right just around the bend. (MarineCorps Historical Collection)
The objective of the CentralSolomons campaign was the Japanese airfieldon Munda Point, which, in friendly hands,would be a stepping-stone in the conquest ofthe Solomon Islands chain. The airfield runswest to east and a taxi-way snakes throughboth sides of the field. Kokengolo Hill is onits north side. This photograph records theresults of a Marine dive-bomber attack,which resulted in a hit on a gas or ammunitiondump in the center of the picture. (Departmentof Defense Photo [USMC] 55454)