US Commanders of World War II (2): Navy and USMC

by James Arnold, Robert Hargis, Darko Pavlovic (Illustrator)

Overview

This title, the second of two looking at US commanders of World War II, examines the combat careers, personalities, uniforms, dress and appearance of the key US naval and Marine commanders. These men played a crucial role in the defeat of the Axis powers, particularly in the Pacific theater during such battles as Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Iwo Jima. Among those covered are Holland Smith, Lemuel Shepherd, Roy S. Geiger; John D. Bulkeley, Bull Halsey, Thomas Hart, Husband Kimmel, Charles Lockwood, Marc A. Mitscher, Chester Nimitz, Norman Scott, Raymond Spruance, Wade McCluskey, and Theodore Wilkinson.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780967523
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/20/2012
Series:	Elite , #87
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

John Pohl is a research archeologist at UCLA. He is an eminent authority on American Indian civilizations and has directed numerous archeological excavations in Mexico, Central America, Canada, and the United States. He has published extensively on subjects ranging from human origins to the rise of the Aztec empire and specializes in the decipherment of ancient pictographic writing systems.

Adam Hook studied graphic design at art college and began his illustrating career in 1983. He has worked with a variety of educational publishers covering various subjects within the fields of history and natural history. Adam lives and works in Sussex, UK.
James R Arnold is an established author who has contributed to numerous military publications. James spent his formative years in Europe and used the opportunity to study the sites of historic battlefields. He has many published books to his credit, covering topics such as the Napoleonic campaigns and the battles and armies of the American Civil War. James lives in Virginia, USA.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	3
	Biographies	4
	US Navy
	Husband Edward Kimmel
	Ernest Joseph King
	Chester William Nimitz
	Thomas Charles Hart
	William Frederick Halsey Jr
	Frank Jack Fletcher
	Raymond Ames Spruance
	Robert Lee Ghormley
	Richmond Kelly Turner
	Thomas Cassin Kinkaid
	John Sidney McCain
	Norman Scott
	Willis Augustus Lee Jr
	Charles Andrews Lockwood Jr
	Marc Andrew Mitscher
	Theodore Stark Wilkinson
	William Daniel Leahy
	Harold Raynsford Stark
	Alan Goodrich Kirk
	Us Marine Corps
	Alexander Archer Vandegrift
	Holland McTyeire Smith
	Roy Stanley Geiger
	Julian Constable Smith
	Lemuel Cornick Shepherd Jr
	Bibliography	57
	The Plates	58
	Index	64