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About this book:
The US Marine Raider was an “elite within an elite.” Modelled on British Commandoes, they were the earliest forerunners of the various Special Operations units of the modern US military. These units would conduct operations with only the equipment they could carry on their backs; their heaviest weapons were light mortars and light machine guns. Highly trained in close-in fighting, the Raiders were expected to be equally skilled in watercraft, jungle survival, and jungle warfare. This book will follow two Raiders through some of the toughest raining ever to be experienced by a Marine, onto combat during the Makin Raid, and through the horrific jungle battles of the Solomon Islands.