Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons

About this film

LibriVox recording of Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons by John C. Chapin. Read in English by Aaron Bennett. The objectives assigned on Bougainville were to seize a substantial beachhead and build airstrips. Then American planes could assure final neutralization of the Japanese airfields at Kahili, Buka, and Bonis airfields at the north and south ends of Bougainville. Facing the invading Marines was a formidable enemy force dispersed on the island. At Buin, for instance, there were 21,800 Japanese. Responsible for the defense was an old adversary, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Hyakutake, commander of the Seventeenth Army, and the man the Marines had defeated at Guadalcanal. His main force was the 6th Division. - Summary by John C. Chapin For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (56MB)

Directors & creators

John C. Chapin

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;wwii; war in the pacific; marines; usmc; solomon islands

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