Raid on Makin Island - Wikipedia
The raid on Makin Island was an attack by Marine Raiders of the United States Marine Corps on the Japanese-controlled Makin Island from August 17–18, 1942.
The Makin Island Raid: What Really Happened to the Marines?
In August 1942, the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion conducted the Makin Island raid in the Central Pacific. The purpose of the raid was to destroy Japanese installations on the island, gather intelligence, and to test the raiding tactics of the U.S. Marines.
The Makin Raid of 1942 and the Recovery of the Marines Lost …
2014年2月21日 · In August 1942 the 2nd Marine “Raider” Battalion raided what was then called Makin Island in the Gilbert Archipelago of the South Pacific. The present name of the island is Butaritari in the island nation of Kiribati.
The Makin Island Raid | Proceedings - October 1946 Vol. 72/10/524
This naval task force of submarines, Argonaut and Nautilus, was to carry out a daring raid on Makin Island, strategic atoll in the Marshalls. The purpose was manifold: to divert the enemy’s preoccupation with the Solomon’s invasion, to destroy installations and the Japanese garrison, and to secure, if possible, intelligence from prisoners ...
Battle of Makin - Wikipedia
Soldiers of the US Army's 2nd Battalion, 165th Infantry, struggle to shore on Yellow Beach on Butaritari Island. The Battle of Makin was an engagement of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 20 to 24 November 1943 on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
Makin Raid - US Marine Raider Association
The force would make a predawn landing on Butaritari Island, destroy the garrison (estimated at 45 men), withdraw that evening, and land the next day on Little Makin Island. The scheduled D-day was 17 August, 10 days after the lst Marine Division …
Seventy Years Ago: The Makin Island Raid, August 1942
2012年11月14日 · Some seventy years ago, this past August, the first major collection of captured Japanese documents in the Pacific Theater to arrive at Pearl Harbor were those captured in August 1942 when the 2 nd Marine Raider Battalion, under Lt. Col. Evans F. Carlson, made a harassing raid on Makin Island, an atoll in the Gilberts. The raid was intended ...
Raid on Makin Island and 2nd Raider Battalion (WW II) - SOF News
On August 17-18, 1942, members of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion made an attack on a small island in the Pacific Ocean held by Japanese forces during World War II.
Makin Island Raid | World War II Database - WW2DB
A week after the actions at Savo, the US Navy and US Marine Corps joined forces, launching 222 marines on a daring raid on the Makin via submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut. It was the first time a Marines raid was launched from submarines in history.
"Makin Raid" Mass Grave Recovery on Makin Island - Pacific …
On August 17, 1942 at 3:30am two submarines USS Argonaut (SM-1) and USS Nautilus (SS-168) surfaced off Makin and deployed rubber rafts with outboard engines to land U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Raider Battalion including Company A and Company B led by Col. Evans Carlson landed on Makin Island.