John C. Chapin (1920–2008)
Auteur de Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Captain John C. Chapin [source: Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan, 1994, page 37]
Œuvres de John C. Chapin
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- Nom légal
- Chapin, John Careten
- Date de naissance
- 1920-10-01
- Date de décès
- 2008-08-14
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Manchester, Vermont, USA
- Études
- Yale University
George Washington University - Professions
- marine officer
military historian
politician
philatelist - Organisations
- United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps Historical Center
Republican Party
Philatelic Foundation - Courte biographie
- Captain John C. Chapin earned a bachelor of arts degree with honors in history from Yale University in 1942 and was commissioned later that year. He served as a rifle platoon leader in the 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, and was wounded in action during assault landings on Roi-Namur and Saipan. Transferred to duty at the Historical Division, Headquarters Marine Corps, he wrote the first official histories of the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions. Moving to Reserve status at the end of World War II, he earned a master's degree in history at George Washington University with a thesis on "The Marine Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1922." Now a captain in retired status, he has been a volunteer at the Marine Corps Historical Center for 12 years. During that time he wrote History of Marine Fighter-Attack (VMFA) Squadron 115. With support from the Historical Center and the Marine Corps Historical Foundation, he then spent some years researching and interviewing for the writing of a new book, Uncommon Men: The Sergeants Major of the Marine Corps, published in 1992 by the White Mane Publishing Company. Subsequently, he wrote four monographs for this series of historical pamphlets, commemorating the campaigns for the Marshalls, Saipan, Bougainville, and Marine Aviation in the Philippines operations.
Source: ...And a Few Marines: Marines in the Liberation of the Philippines, 1997, page 29.
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AND A FEW MARINES: MARINES IN THE LIBERATION OF THE… par Capt. John C. USMCR (Ret.) Chapin
It was apparently an insignificant event when a few Marine planes flew into a muddy airfield at Tacloban on the island of Leyte in the Philippines on 3 December 1944. All around them were the elements of the massive U.S. Army invasion which had begun on 20 October. Seven infantry divisions and six Army Air Force (AAF) air groups dominated the island scene. It was the start of a major campaign in which Marine aviation would play a major role. That is the campaign to liberate the Philippines.
This is an excellent short read.
This booklet is one of the 25 in the "Marines in World War II Commemorative Series", published by the U.S. Marine Corps. It is about the operations in the northern Solomon Islands from November 1, 1943, to April 14, 1944, against the Japanese by principally the U.S. Marines. It covers operations on the Treasury Islands, Bougainville and Choiseul (a diversion). It is well illustrated and has very good maps. A map or map insert showing where the Solomons are in relation to Australia and the rest of the world is needed. There is no table of contents nor any index. There is a good bibliography in Sources, at the end.
Sidebars:
-- Major General Allen H. Turnage, USMC
-- 3rd Marine Division
-- The Coastwatchers
-- 37th Infantry Division (U.S Army, Major General Robert S. Beightler)
-- War Dogs (Outstanding!)
-- Navajo Code Talkers
-- 'Corpsman'
Anecdotes:
-- A destroyer picked up a canoe with a dead Japanese officer and 26 Japanese enlisted men. The boat had originally fired a machine gun at the destroyer. The destroyer did not return fire. The enlisted men may have handled the situation themselves.
-- Searchlight units.
Read from December 3 to 6, 2010.… (plus d'informations)
This booklet is one of the 25 in the "Marines in World War II Commemorative Series", published by the U.S. Marine Corps. It is about the operations in the northern Solomon Islands from November 1, 1943, to April 14, 1944, against the Japanese by principally the U.S. Marines. It covers operations on the Treasury Islands, Bougainville and Choiseul (a diversion). It is well illustrated and has very good maps. A map or map insert showing where the Solomons are in relation to Australia and the rest of the world is needed. There is no table of contents nor any index. There is a good bibliography in Sources, at the end.
Sidebars:
-- Major General Allen H. Turnage, USMC
-- 3rd Marine Division
-- The Coastwatchers
-- 37th Infantry Division (U.S Army, Major General Robert S. Beightler)
-- War Dogs (Outstanding!)
-- Navajo Code Talkers
-- 'Corpsman'
Anecdotes:
-- A destroyer picked up a canoe with a dead Japanese officer and 26 Japanese enlisted men. The boat had originally fired a machine gun at the destroyer. The destroyer did not return fire. The enlisted men may have handled the situation themselves.
-- Searchlight units.
Read from December 3 to 6, 2010.… (plus d'informations)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 73
- Popularité
- #240,526
- Évaluation
- 4.7
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 22
