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The Illustrated Story of the Marines

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Genres: military

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First Line: We want you to get acquainted with our great, big 100-page Classics Illustrated Special Issues.

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Notes: Inside front cover. Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics Illustrated Sepcial Issue (HRN 141A).

The Illustrated Story of the Marines

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Genres: military

Character(s): Michael Strank; Harlon Block; Franklin Sousley; Rene Gagnon; Ira Hayes; Harold Schultz

First Line: Since 1775, the United States Marine Corps has served America in peace and war.

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Notes: Half of the men here identified as flag-raisers were killed without ever leaving Iwo Jima. This and other factors mean that identifications are still disputed, even into the 21st century.

The Shores of Tripoli

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Barbary pirates; American seamen; Thomas Jefferson; Pasha of Tripoli; William Eaton; Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon; U.S. Marines; Hamet

First Line: In 1801, American merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea were being attacked by Barbary Pirates.

Synopsis: During the Barbary Wars, Lt. O'Bannon leads a small Marine detachment on a dangerous journey through the desert, after which the small party assaults a fort from the shore as the navy bombards it from the sea.

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The Terrible Tiger

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Genres: nature, non-fiction

First Line: Today the jungles of the world are filled with wild beasts.

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Fighting Leathernecks

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction, war

Character(s): Captain Samuel Nicholas; John Paul Jones; Lieutenant Edward Stack; U.S. marines

First Line: A marine is a soldier who serves aboard a ship.

Synopsis: Marines serve in numerous battles and campaigns of the American Revolution.

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A Gentle Hand

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Genres: biography, historical, non-fiction

Character(s): Florence Nightingale; William Russell

First Line: The September of 1854 was raw and wet.

Synopsis: Florence Nightingale defies danger and expectations to establish a corps of woman nurses in the Crimean War.

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The Halls of Montezuma

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Captain George H. Terrett; U.S. marines; U.S. soldiers; Mexican soldiers; General Winfield Scott; Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant

First Line: Long after the Alamo fell in 1836, there was bitter feeling toward the Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who conquered it.

Synopsis: Marines are assigned to rear duty for much of the Mexican War, but take the lead in storming Mexico City and Chapultepec Castle.

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The Marines Have Landed

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): U.S. Marines; Commodore Matthew C. Perry; Commodore George Dewey

First Line: The United States Marine Corps has fought in every major war as well as many minor landings.

Synopsis: Review of the Marine Corps' history from the War of 1812 to 1958 peacekeeping in Lebanon.

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Six Outposts to Charlemagne

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Sergeant Herman Hanneken; Corporal William R. Button; Haitian gendarmes; Cacos bandits; Charlemagne Masena Peralte

First Line: In 1919, bandits on the tiny island of Haiti had been causing serious trouble for years.

Synopsis: Disguising themselves as Cacos bandits, and working with Haitian gendarmes, marines bluff their way past six outposts to kill the bandit leader.

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Devil Dogs

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): U.S. Marines; French soldiers; German soldiers

First Line: In the spring of 1918, during World War I, the Allies and the Germans were stalemated in muddy trenches.

Synopsis: Marines drive the Germans out of Belleau Wood, earning the nickname Devil Dogs.

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The Piltdown Hoax

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Genres: historical, non-fiction

Character(s): Charles Dawson; scientists

First Line: The newspapers of 1911 hailed the discovery as one of the world's most important scientific finds.

Synopsis: Dawson's discoveries of apparently ancient skulls are hailed as great finds, but eventually the skulls are determined to have been hoaxes.

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Becoming a Marine

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Genres: teen, war

Character(s): Dick Harper; recruiting sergeant; Dick's friends; Dick's parents; drill instructor; Dick's fellow boots

First Line: What is it like to join the Marines today?

Synopsis: After high school, Dick joins the Marines. He goes through basic training and individual combat training, then into Marine aviation mechanics.

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The Floating Laboratory

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology

Character(s): Professor Maurice Ewing; scientists; master of the Vema; seamen

First Line: For twenty-four hours, storm warnings had been crackling over the small ship's radio.

Synopsis: Ewing's scientific team chart the ocean floor, and take samples for study.

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Peacetime Firemen

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Genres: military, non-fiction

Character(s): U.S. Marines

First Line: What do Marines do in peacetime?

Synopsis: Survey of Marine activities and assignments during peacetime.

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Circle of Death

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Genres: military, non-fiction

Character(s): U.S. Marines; Chinese Communist soldiers

First Line: It was the winter of 1950, during the Korean War.

Synopsis: Marines are surrounded and outumbered at Chosin in deadly winter weather, but fight their way out.

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Rocks, Sand and Bullets

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): U.S. Marines; Colonel Harry B. Liversedge; Major General Harry Schmidt; First Lieutenant Harold G. Schrier; Joe Rosenthal; Michael Strank; Harlon Block; Franklin Sousley; Rene Gagnon; Ira Hayes; Harold Schultz

First Line: These tiny dots in the Pacific Ocean are names that will live in American history.

Synopsis: Marines on Iwo Jima fight to the top of Mount Suribachi, where they raise the American flag. Joe Rosenthal captures the moment on film.

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Character(s): Julius Caesar

First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication

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Notes: Inside back cover. Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics Illustrated (HRN 150).

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Notes: Back cover. Promo, with order coupon, for subscriptions to The World Around Us.