The amphibians came to conquer the story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner Dyer, George C. (George Carroll) 1898-1987 creator author United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. text bibliography biography collective biographies. Biographies Biographies. Biographies. dcu 1972 monographic eng print regular print 2 volumes (xxv, 1278 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm volume I: The first thirty years of "Kelly", 1885-1815 -- Ten years of big ship gunnery, 1916-1926 -- Early years of a decade of service in the Naval Aeronautical Organization, 1927-1932 -- In and out of big time naval aviation, 1932-1940 -- Planning for war with Germany or Japan, or both, 1940-1941 -- 1941 Naval organization, doctrine and landing craft developments for amphibious war -- WATCHTOWER: one for Ernie King -- CACTUS bound -- Success, then cliff hanging -- SAVO: the galling defeat -- Logistics, the heart of six months battle, August 1932- February 1943 -- HUDDLE slowly scuttled -- Polishing skills in the Russells -- Planning for paring the Japanese toenails in New Georgia -- Tough toenails paring: 30 June 1943 to 15 July 1943 -- v. II: To the central Pacific and Tarawa -- The pushover: Makin -- That real toughie: Tarawa -- At long last "The perfect one," the Marshalls -- Roi, Namur, and the frosting on the cake, Eniwetok -- The nut cracker: Saipan, Tinian, Guam -- Iwo Jima: death at its best -- Okinawa and four stars -- End of the war and United Nations Organization duty -- The last long mile -- Appendix A. USS Richmond K. Turner -- Appendix B.A note on primary sources -- Appendix C. The last word. by George Carroll Dyer, with an introduction by Ernest McNeill Eller. Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, cloth, $14.50 per set (2 volumes). Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages 1185-1190). p------ Turner, Richmond Kelly 1885-1961 Turner, Richmond Kelly 1885-1961 Turner, Richmond Kelly 1885-1961 World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Amphibious operations Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Pacifique, Océan Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Opérations amphibies Military operations, Amphibious Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Amphibious operations World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast D767 .D9 940.54/26/0924 B D 207.10/2:AM 7/V.1-2 D 207.10/2:Am 7 D 207.10/2:AM 7/V.1-2 D 207.10/2:Am 7 Amphibians came to conquer Dyer, George C. (George Carroll), 1898-1987. [Washington, U.S. Dept. of the Navy; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972] (OCoLC)562640558 71603853 TAG TAGC DLC 720613 20240807185331.2 in00004809833 eng