The Amphibians Came to Conquer Volume II

697 Pages·1999·35.93 MB·English

FMFRP 12-109-II
The Amphibians
Came to Conquer
Volume II
U.S. Marine Corps
PCN 140 12992000

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Headquarters United States Marine Corps
Washington, DC 20380-0001
26September1991
FOREWORD
1. PURPOSE
FleetMarine Force Reference Publication (FMFRP) 12-109-11,TheAmphibians Came toConquer, ispub-
lished to ensure the retention and dissemination of useful information which isnot intended to become
doctrine or to bepublished inFleet Marine Force manuals. FMFRPs inthe 12series are aspecial category
of publications: reprints of hktorical works which are not available elsewhere.
2. SCOPE
This reference publication isVolume 11of the two-volume biography of ViceAdmiral Richmond Kelly
Turner, the officer who commanded the Navy amphibious forces inthe Pacific theater during World War
II. These publications reveal the development of the man as well as the development of the amphibious
doctrine, tactics, and techniques which defeated the Japanese forces in the Pacific. What was developed
inthe Pacific theater was used successfully inthe African and European theaters. TheAmphibians Came
to Conquer and Coraf and Brass (FMFRP 12-37)are companion publications which provide a unique in-
sight into how amphibious operations, the most difficult of operations, can beplanned and executed suc-
cessfully.
3. CERTIFICATION
Reviewed and approved this date.
BY DIRECTION OF THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
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M. P. CAUL ELD
Major General, U.S. Marine Corps
Director, MAGTF Warfighting Center
Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Quantico, Virginia
DISTRIBUTION: 14012992000

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Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner enroute to Kwajalein on board US
Rocky Mount, January 1944.

The Amphibians
Came to Conquer
THE STORY OF
ADMIRAL
RICHMOND KELLY TURNER
II
by
VICE ADMIRAL
GEORGE CARROLL DYER
USN (Retiwd)
Libraryof Congress Catalog Card No. 71-603853
Contents
VOLUME 11
XVI To the Central Pacific and Tarawa 597
XVII The Pushover-Makin 651
XVIII That Real Toughie—Tarawa 683
x1x At Long Last “The Perfect One,” The Marshals,..,..,........ ,, 733
xx Roi—Namur, and The Frosting on the Cake—Eniwetok 801
XXI The Nut Cracker; Saipan—Tinian—Guam 853
XXII The Nut Cracker After the Fall of Saipan; Tinian—Guarn 925
XXIII Iwo Jima; Death at Its Best 969
XXIV Okinawa and Four Stars 1053
xxv End of the War and United Nations Organization Duty 1113
XXVI The Last Long Mile 1137
Appendix A—USS Richmond K, Turner ..,,.,... 1175
Appendix B-A Note on Primary Sources 1179
Appendix C—The Last Word 1181
Bibliography 1185
Index ,,, 1191