One of the most difficult types of warfare to master, landing on a hostile beach requires scrupulous planning and intense coordination between the forces in the air, sea and land. With a history reaching back to the Persians landing on the Greek s...

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!" The words of Captain Lloyd Williams at Belleau Wood in June 1918 entered United States Marine Corps legend, and the Marine Brigade's actions there – along with the censor's failure to take out the name of the Brigad...

This thorough and engaging narrative of the Marine Corps tank battalions in Korea newly available in affordable paperback Full of first-hand accounts by veterans, this readable book tells the story of the Korean War through the eyes of a tanker Inclu...

Marine Corps tankers in Vietnam had to battle the terrain and climate, and a savage unrelenting enemy, demonstrating the versatility, dedication, and courage that Americans have come to expect of their Marines. Author Oscar Gilbert weaves veterans' a...

Tanks made their first appearance on the battlefield in September 1916 and have captured the public imagination ever since. Other countries scrambled to develop tanks of their own, and by the time war broke out again in 1939, a wide variety of tanks,...