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To the Limit of Endurance - A Battalion of Marines in the Great War (C. A. Brannen) (C.A. Brannen Series) (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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To the Limit of Endurance - A Battalion of Marines in the Great War (C. A. Brannen) (C.A. Brannen Series) (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Series: Texas A&M Uni: C.A. Brannen Series
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Winner, 2008 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award, presented by the
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Peter F. Owen offers a tautly
worded, historically rigorous, and intensely human survey of the
agonizing burden shouldered by the Second Battalion of the Sixth
Regiment of US Marines from its formation in Quantico, Virginia, in
1917 until the cessation of hostilities in November of the
following year. In places like Belleau Wood and Soissons, these
young men, led by dedicated officers, died in staggering
numbers-primarily because of the outmoded tactics they had learned.
Owen shows how the battalion regrouped after these campaigns,
however, and embarked on a period of intense retraining, molding
themselves into a coldly efficient military machine. ." . . the
maps, figures, and photographs are excellent . . . a timely,
original, and important contribution to the record. I highly
recommend it to the infantry professional operating at the tactical
level of war or to any Marine who is interested in our rich and
storied history."--Marine Corps Gazette "This is one of the most
useful 'soldier's eye' stories published during the last few years.
Built on interviews, archival deposits, memoirs, printed documents,
and appropriate secondary sources, it catches in the words of the
actual participants the grim realities of rain, mud, bad food, lost
friends, and a formidable adversary characteristic of Great War
literature. . . . a serious addition to the study of the American
military experience in the Great War."--Journal of Military History
PETER F. OWEN retired from the US Marine Corps as a lieutenant
colonel. His first command was a weapons platoon in the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Marines. During his research for this book, he
walked every battlefield on which 2/6 fought during the Great War.
Owen previously annotated Carl Brannen's World War I memoir, Over
There. Number Nine: C. A. Brannen Series
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