The material is this book has been extracted from Chapter 4of Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal- History of the United States Marine Corps Operations in World War II, vol. I by Lt. Col Frank O. Hough, USMC, Maj. Verle E. Ludwig, USMC and Mr. Henry I. Shaw, Jr. In addition, a bibliography and appendix has been added. This work supersedes Marine Corps historical Reference Series pamphlet, no. 34, The United States Marines in Iceland, 1941-1942, published and last reviewed in 1962, by the Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps.

By Danny J. Crawford, et al. Provides the history of the 2nd Marine Division and its Regiments

While the US Marine Corps was one of the smallest of American armed services in World War II, its contribution to the final victory cannot be overstated. The US Marine Corps may have only comprised 5 percent of America's armed forces, but it suffered 10 percent of all World War II combat casualties. Above all, he amphibious nature of the war in the Pacific imposed on the Marine Corps greater tasks than any it had ever before been called upon to perform. This title details the organization, weapons and equipment of the US Marines of World War II.