Appendix A
Bibliography

  1. U.S. Navy at War, Official Reports by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN.
  2. Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army 1943 to 1945, to the Secretary of War.
  3. Special Action Report (Tarawa), Task Force 53.
  4. Enclosure (A) to 2d Marine Division.
  5. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 1st Battalion, 2d Marines.
  6. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 2d Battalion, 2d Marines.
  7. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 3d Battalion, 2d Marines.
  8. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 8th Marines.
  9. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 1st Battalion, 8th Marines.
  10. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 2d Battalion, 8th Marines.
  11. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 3d Battalion, 8th Marines.
  12. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 6th Marines.
  13. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 1st Battalion, 6th Marines.
  14. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 2d Battalion, 6th Marines.
  15. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 3d Battalion, 6th Marines.
  16. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 10th Marines.
  17. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 2d Amphibian Tractor Battalion.
  18. Special Action Report (Tarawa), 2d Tank Battalion.
  19. Operation Order No. 14, 2d Marine Division.
  20. Annex D to 20, Intelligence.
  21. V Amphibious Corps G-2 Report (Tarawa).
  22. Interrogations of Japanese Officials, U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific) Vol. 1.
  23. Vol. 2 of Document No. 25.
  24. Tarawa (Duell, Sloan and Pierce) by Robert Sherrod.
  25. Headquarters V Amphibious Corps, Report by Special Observers on GALVANIC.
    1. Report by Brig. Gen. J.L. Underhill, USMC.
    2. Report by Capt. R.F. Whitheead, USN.
    3. Report by Lt. Col. E.F. Carlson, USMCR.
    4. Report by Lt. Col. D.D. Roberts, USMCR.
    5. Report by Lt. Col. W.I. Jordan, USMC.
    6. Report by Maj. C.A. Woodrum, USMCR.
  26. Notes on Talk by Col. Merritt A. Edson to Officers, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va.
  27. Notes from Interview of Lt. Col. R. McC. Tompkins. USMC, November 1946, by Historical Section, HQMC.
  28. Notes from interview of Capt. T.N. Greene, USMC, January 1947, by Historical Section, HQMC.
  29. Article "Artillery on Tarawa," by Col. P.M. Rixey, USMC, and Maj. Wendell H. Best, USMC, Marine Corps Gazette, November 1944.

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  1. Letter from Col. Merritt A. Edson, USMC, to Col. Clyde H. Metcalf, USMC, dated 12 March 1944.
  2. Letter from Col. D.M. Shoup, USMC, to Col. Clyde H. Metcalf, USMC, dated 12 April 1944.
  3. Betio Beachhead (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Five Marine Corps Combat Correspondents.
  4. War Diary, Second Marine Division, September 1943.
  5. War Diary, Second Marine Division, October 1943.
  6. War Diary, Second Marine Division, November 1943.
  7. Fifth Amphibious Force Report, GALVANIC.
  8. V Amphibious Corps Action Report (GALVANIC).
  9. JICPOA Bulletin No. 8-44.
  10. Study of Japanese Defenses at Betio Island, Part I, prepared by Intelligence Section, 2d Marine Division, and JICPOA.
  11. V AMphibious Corps Operation Plan 1-43.
  12. M-2 Information Bulletin No. 193, Division of Plans and Policies, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps.
  13. Action Report, USS Maryland, 20 November 1943.
  14. Action Report, USS Requisite, 20-28 November 1943.
  15. Action Report, USS Ringgold, 21 October-2 December 1943.
  16. D-3 Journal, 2d Marine Division, 19-21 November 1943.
  17. ADC Journal, 2d Marine Division, 19-21 November 1943.
  18. D-3 Journal, 2d Marine Division, 21-22 November 1943.
  19. D-3 Journal, 2d Marine Division, 22-23 November 1943.
  20. Recommendations Based on Tarawa, 2d Marine Division.
  21. Letter from CG V Amphibious Corps to Co V Amphibious Corps Reconnaissance Company, dated 22 October 1943.
  22. ADC Journal, 2d Marine Division, Apamama.
  23. Special Action Report, V Amphibious Corps Reconnaissance Company, Apamama.
  24. D-2 Study, Apamama, 2d Marine Division.
  25. Operation Order 15-43, 2d Marine Division.
  26. Action Report, USS Pursuit, Abaiang, Marakei, Maiana Atolls.
  27. Special Action Report, Company D, 2d Tank Battalion, Tarawa.
  28. G-1 Report GALVANIC, V Amphibious Corps.
  29. D-2 General Study, 2d Marine Division, Tarawa.
  30. "The Navy's Air War: Mission Completed," by Aviation Unit Operation 519B, DCNO (air).
  31. The Campaigns of the Pacific War, U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific).
  32. Operation Plan 13-43 GALVANIC CinCPac, 5 October 1943.
  33. Operation Report, November 1943, CinCPac.
  34. The Island War (Lippincott), by Maj. Frank O. Hough, USMCR.

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