THE ISLAND A History of The Marines On Guadalcanal With Letter – SOLD

THE ISLAND A History of the Marines on Guadalcanal August 7 – December 9, 1942.  By Captain Herbert L. Merillat, U.S.M.C.R. Illustrated.  Houghton Miffin Co.  Boston: Riverside Press, 1944. Hard cover, 283 pages. Comes with a form letter from Headquarters, USMC, Washington dated Nov. 20, 1944, from A.A. Yandegrift, Lt. General, and Commandant; written to parents of fallen marines at Guadalcanal.

First of these we have encountered with this letter.

In very good condition with light wear and soiling.