The Makin Raiders The 2nd Marine Raider Battalion assaulted Makin Island Aug. 17, 1942, in one of the U.S.’ first offensive actions of World War II. During the assault, a seaplane base, two radio stations, and a supply warehouse were destroyed. Nineteen Marine Raiders perished. | Pacific Marines
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The Makin Raiders The 2nd Marine Raider Battalion assaulted Makin Island Aug. 17, 1942, in one of the U.S.’ first offensive actions of World War II. During the assault, a seaplane base, two radio stations, and a supply warehouse were destroyed. Nineteen Marine Raiders perished. | Pacific Marines
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz examines captured Japanese weapons and flags brought back from the Marine Raider assault on Makin Island. The raid, carried out in August 1942 from the submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut, was one of America’s first offensive operations in the Pacific following Pearl Harbor. | The Reliable Narrator
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Built to lay mines, USS Argonaut became something entirely new—a transport submarine turned raider. In August 1942, she and Nautilus carried Marine Raiders to strike Japan’s garrison on Makin Island. Through pounding surf and broken motors, the men fought two brutal days ashore before slipping back to their subs under cover of darkness. It was America’s first submarine-launched commando raid of World War II. #WWII #USSArgonaut #MakinRaid #MarineRaiders #PacificWar #WW2History | The Reliable Narr
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