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After the 1st Marine Division defeated the Japanese on Guadalcanal late in 1942, there was still fighting to be done in and around the Solomons - including New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester - before reaching the Japanese fortress at Rabul. Between late 1942 and early 1944, the Marines took part in four major campaigns in the Solomons and onto New Britain, isolating Rabul and securing MacArthur's New Guinea campaign from attacks from Fortress Rabul. Eric Hammel has scoured the National Archives to unearth every extant combat photo of these campaigns that paved the way to victory in the Pacific.

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Midwest Book Review, July 2008 Iwo Jima, Pearl Harbor -- everyone knows of those battles, but there was much more to World War II in the Pacific. New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester is a pictorial history of these forgotten battles and the men who fought and died, only to be lost in the sands of time. Filled cover to cover with countless black and white photos and accompanying explanations, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester is a top pick for community library photography and history collections.

Military Trader<br> This book comprises the most complete collection of combat photos of U.S. Marine Corps operations in New Georgia, Bougainville, Cape Gloucester and Rabaul that we are likely to see, with photo reproductions of impeccable quality. These campaigns have not received the coverage of more 'glamorous' Marine Corps battles, such as Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa. Thus, this generaously illustrated work is a most welcome tribute, and treat.

Military Trader This book comprises the most complete collection of combat photos of U.S. Marine Corps operations in New Georgia, Bougainville, Cape Gloucester and Rabaul that we are likely to see, with photo reproductions of impeccable quality. These campaigns have not received the coverage of more 'glamorous' Marine Corps battles, such as Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa. Thus, this generaously illustrated work is a most welcome tribute, and treat.

"USNI Proceedings""The operation at New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester have, according to some, 'been poorly documented.' Hammel remedies this with a striking pictorial tribute to these South Pacific warriors. His first-class research adds much to this fascinating collection of photos."" ""Leatherneck Magazine,"" August 2008 ""Eric Hammel's work is more than exceptional. He ties in his collected photos with a sage narrative that illuminates each shot. In an easy-to-understand package of words and photos."" Midwest Book Review, July 2008 ""Iwo Jima, Pearl Harbor -- everyone knows of those battles, but there was much more to World War II in the Pacific. ""New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester"" is a pictorial history of these forgotten battles and the men who fought and died, only to be lost in the sands of time. Filled cover to cover with countless black and white photos and accompanying explanations, ""New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester"" is a top pick for community library photography and history collections."" ""Leatherneck Magazine"", August 2008 ""Eric Hammel's work is more than exceptional. He ties in his collected photos with a sage narrative that illuminates each shot. In an easy-to-understand package of words and photos."" ""Military Trader """"This book comprises the most complete collection of combat photos of U.S. Marine Corps operations in New Georgia, Bougainville, Cape Gloucester and Rabaul that we are likely to see, with photo reproductions of impeccable quality. These campaigns have not received the coverage of more 'glamorous' Marine Corps battles, such as Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa. Thus, this generaously illustrated work is a most welcome tribute, and treat."" Midwest Book Review, July 2008 ""Iwo Jima, Pearl Harbor -- everyone knows of those battles, but there was much more to World War II in the Pacific. ""New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester"" is a pictorial history of these forgotten battles and the men who fought and died, only to be lost in the sands of time. Filled cover to cover with countless black and white photos and accompanying explanations, ""New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester"" is a top pick for community library photography and history collections."""

Author Information

Eric Hammel is a critically acclaimed military historian and author of more than thirty combat and pictorial histories, including several on U.S. Marine operations in World War II and Vietnam, such as Pacific Warriors: The U.S. Marines in World War II, Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle, and Marines in Hue City: A Portrait of Urban Combat, Tet 1968. He lives in Northern California.

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