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Marine Raiders HistoryOn August 17-18, 1942, the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion conducted a raid on Matin Island in the central Pacific Ocean. They inserted by submarine, destroyed the Japanese installation and radio station, and then withdrew from the island. The force suffered 30 deaths but attained a morale boost for the U.S. military and American public. See Raid on Makin Island and Marine Raiders, SOF News, August 17, 2023. ReferencesRead news articles about MARSOC by SOF News From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War, by Major Jon T Hoffman, USMCR. Marine Corps Historical Center. Gomrick, Kathleen M., Major, USAF, Gung Ho, Raider! The
Philosophy and Methods of Brig Gen Evans F. Carlson, Marine
Corps Raider", Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base,
Alabama, April 1999, PDF, 43 pages.
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