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    <title>U.S. Marine Corps</title>
    <subTitle>an illustrated history</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Bartlett, Merrill L.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Sweetman, Jack</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1940-</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Naval Institute Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2001</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2001</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xiv, 312 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  29 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>The proud and the few come to life in words and images in this new history of the U.S. Marines Corps, based on extensive research and more than 200 illustrations.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Marines through the ages
The Continental Marines, 1775-1783
The early years, 1798-1820
The era of Archibald Henderson, 1820-1859
Marines in blue and gray, 1859-1865
At sea in the gilded age, 1865-1898
Colonial infantry, 1898-1917
Over there, 1917-1918
Between the wars, 1919-1941
World War Two: the South Pacific campaign, 1942-1943
World War Two: The central Pacific drive, 1943-1945
The unification struggle and Korea, 1945-1953
The Vietnam war, 1954-1975
The new breed, 1976-2000</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Merrill L. Bartlett &amp; Jack Sweetman.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.</note>
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      <namePart>Estados Unidos. </namePart>
      <namePart>Cuerpo de Marines </namePart>
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    <topic>Historia</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">VE 23 B291u 2001</classification>
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