Soft unstructured red youth cap is decorated with an embroidered USMC and EGA. Adjustable.
Dark blue youth cap with USMC and the Eagle, Globe and Anchor. Adjustable Also available in red 05-329
3"x 3"
John Basilone won the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions on Guadalcanal and was sent stateside, but he tired of recruiting duties and returned to combat, again distinguishing himself.
Sub title is the U.S. Marine Corps in the Second Iraq War. This is a battlefield history based upon official sources. It is not finished history, just the beginning, with the Marines participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Battle for Guadalcanal in the Graphic Battle series of color illustrated and good introductory youth book to the hard-fought island battles of the Pacific in WWII where land-sea-air units cooperated to wrest victory from an entrenched enemy.
Another entry in the Graphic Battle series, Iwo Jima is the illustrated story of the assault, taking and mop-up of Iwo Jima by the Marines during WWII. It is a good introductory and youth book.
Symonds battlefield Atlas of the Civil War is a valuable addition to any military history library. Most major actions are covered in 1-2 pages of concise text and order-of-battle map.
One in a series of novels of the Corps by W.E.B. Griffin. Makes for great reading.
Dick Camp's softcover, Battleship Arizona's Marines At War: Making the Ultimate Sacrifice, December 7, 1941 covers the lives and actions of Marines assigned to the Arizona at Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack.