 
 Marines in World War II
Historical Monograph
 Marines at Midway
by Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl, Jr., USMC
Historical Section, Division of Public Information
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
1948 
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Contents
  
  Appendices
Illustrations
  - Midway's Cable Station 
- Marines Called it "Skavoli"
  
- Sand Island in 1935 
- The Ubiquitous Gooney-Birds
  
- Japanese Destroyer, Ushio
  
- 1st Lt. George H. Cannon 
- Sand Island Seaplane Hangar
  
- Col. Harold D. Shannon 
- Lt. Col. Ira L. Kimes 
- "Midway Acts as a Sentry for
Hawaii" 
- Admiral Nimitz Finds Out for
Himself 
- The Japanese Advance on Midway
  
- "Tally-Ho" for the Marine
Fighters 
- Sleek But Slow (F2A-3) 
- Burning Diesel-Oil Tanks 
- Fires on East Shore of Sand
Island 
- Bombed-Out Eastern Island
Command Post 
- "Sand Island Bombed and Great
Results Attained" 
- The Carrier Akagi,
Under Attack 
- "My Plane was Hit Several
Times" 
- Sand Island Hangar Burning
Again 
- Salvage-Parties on Eastern
Island 
- Gutted Japanese Cruiser 
- Capt. Richard E. Fleming 
- Marines Bury Their Dead 
Maps
  - Midway Islands 
- Strikes by Marine Air Group 22
  
- Table of Distances From Midway
  
 
 
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