Marines in World War II
Historical Monograph
Marines at Midway
by Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl, Jr., USMC
Historical Section, Division of Public Information
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
1948
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Contents
Appendices
Illustrations
- Midway's Cable Station
- Marines Called it "Skavoli"
- Sand Island in 1935
- The Ubiquitous Gooney-Birds
- Japanese Destroyer, Ushio
- 1st Lt. George H. Cannon
- Sand Island Seaplane Hangar
- Col. Harold D. Shannon
- Lt. Col. Ira L. Kimes
- "Midway Acts as a Sentry for Hawaii"
- Admiral Nimitz Finds Out for Himself
- The Japanese Advance on Midway
- "Tally-Ho" for the Marine Fighters
- Sleek But Slow (F2A-3)
- Burning Diesel-Oil Tanks
- Fires on East Shore of Sand Island
- Bombed-Out Eastern Island Command Post
- "Sand Island Bombed and Great Results Attained"
- The Carrier Akagi, Under Attack
- "My Plane was Hit Several Times"
- Sand Island Hangar Burning Again
- Salvage-Parties on Eastern Island
- Gutted Japanese Cruiser
- Capt. Richard E. Fleming
- Marines Bury Their Dead
Maps
- Midway Islands
- Strikes by Marine Air Group 22
- Table of Distances From Midway
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February 14, 1998