Semper fi: the definitive illustrated history of the U.S. Marine Corps

Tribute to John Glenn 13 --

Introduction: A Fighting Force Like No Other 14 --

Chapter 1 Don't Tread on Me: The Birth of the Continental Marines 32 --

Chapter 2 The Nineteenth Century-Fortitudine to Semper Fidelis 46 --

Chapter 3 Thrust onto the World Stage 98 --

Chapter 4 The Second World War: 1941-1945 166 --

Chapter 5 Truman's "Police Action" with the United Nations 278 --

Chapter 6 America's Longest "Hot" War 326 --

Chapter 7 Tumultuous Decades Climax with War 378 --

Chapter 8 The Dawn of a New Millennium 424 --

Chapter 9 Twentyfirst century "Warfighting" 460.