The World Around Us
#11 - The Illustrated Story of the Marines
(July 1959)
Gilberton,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-05-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
- Brand
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A Classics Illustrated Publication
- Editing
- Roberta Strauss (editor); Meyer Kaplan (executive editor); L. B. Cole (art director)
Issue Notes
Printed in the U.S.A. Indexed from information supplied by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Illustrated Story of the Marines
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Frank Doyle (sourced) (painting)
- Inks
- Frank Doyle (sourced) (painting)
- Colors
- Frank Doyle (sourced) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- military
The Illustrated Story of the Marines
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since 1775, the United States Marine Corps has served America in peace and war.
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- Michael Strank; Harlon Block; Franklin Sousley; Rene Gagnon; Ira Hayes; Harold Schultz
The Shores of Tripoli
comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1801, American merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea were being attacked by Barbary Pirates.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; military
- Characters
- Barbary pirates; American seamen; Thomas Jefferson; Pasha of Tripoli; William Eaton; Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon; U.S. Marines; Hamet
- Synopsis
- During the Barbary Wars, Lt. O'Bannon leads a small Marine detachment on a dangerous journey through the desert, after which the small party assaults a fort from the shore as the navy bombards it from the sea.
- Keywords
- Barbary Wars; educational; fact; pirates; Tripoli; U.S. Marine Corps
The Terrible Tiger
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Today the jungles of the world are filled with wild beasts.
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature
- Keywords
- educational; fact; saber-toother tiger; saber-toother tiger
Fighting Leathernecks
comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A marine is a soldier who serves aboard a ship.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; military; war
- Characters
- Captain Samuel Nicholas; John Paul Jones; Lieutenant Edward Stack; U.S. marines
- Synopsis
- Marines serve in numerous battles and campaigns of the American Revolution.
- Keywords
- American Revolution; American Revolutionary War; American War of Independence; educational; fact; U.S. Marine Corps
A Gentle Hand
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The September of 1854 was raw and wet.
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; history
- Characters
- Florence Nightingale; William Russell
- Synopsis
- Florence Nightingale defies danger and expectations to establish a corps of woman nurses in the Crimean War.
- Keywords
- Crimean War; educational; fact; nurse
The Halls of Montezuma
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Long after the Alamo fell in 1836, there was bitter feeling toward the Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who conquered it.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; military
- Characters
- Captain George H. Terrett; U.S. marines; U.S. soldiers; Mexican soldiers; General Winfield Scott; Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant
- Synopsis
- Marines are assigned to rear duty for much of the Mexican War, but take the lead in storming Mexico City and Chapultepec Castle.
- Keywords
- educational; fact; Mexican War; Mexico City; U.S. Marine Corps
The Marines Have Landed
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The United States Marine Corps has fought in every major war as well as many minor landings.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; military
- Characters
- U.S. Marines; Commodore Matthew C. Perry; Commodore George Dewey
- Synopsis
- Review of the Marine Corps' history from the War of 1812 to 1958 peacekeeping in Lebanon.
- Keywords
- educational; fact; U.S. Marine Corps
Six Outposts to Charlemagne
comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1919, bandits on the tiny island of Haiti had been causing serious trouble for years.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; military
- Characters
- Sergeant Herman Hanneken; Corporal William R. Button; Haitian gendarmes; Cacos bandits; Charlemagne Masena Peralte
- Synopsis
- Disguising themselves as Cacos bandits, and working with Haitian gendarmes, marines bluff their way past six outposts to kill the bandit leader.
- Keywords
- Congressional Medal of Honor; educational; fact; Haiti
Devil Dogs
text article / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the spring of 1918, during World War I, the Allies and the Germans were stalemated in muddy trenches.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; military
- Characters
- U.S. Marines; French soldiers; German soldiers
- Synopsis
- Marines drive the Germans out of Belleau Wood, earning the nickname Devil Dogs.
- Keywords
- Belleau Wood; Belleau Wood; educational; fact; Great War; World War I
The Piltdown Hoax
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The newspapers of 1911 hailed the discovery as one of the world's most important scientific finds.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Charles Dawson; scientists
- Synopsis
- Dawson's discoveries of apparently ancient skulls are hailed as great finds, but eventually the skulls are determined to have been hoaxes.
- Keywords
- archaeology; educational; fact; paleontology
Becoming a Marine
comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is it like to join the Marines today?
- Genre
- teen; war
- Characters
- Dick Harper; recruiting sergeant; Dick's friends; Dick's parents; drill instructor; Dick's fellow boots
- Synopsis
- After high school, Dick joins the Marines. He goes through basic training and individual combat training, then into Marine aviation mechanics.
- Keywords
- U.S. Marine Corps
The Floating Laboratory
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For twenty-four hours, storm warnings had been crackling over the small ship's radio.
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Characters
- Professor Maurice Ewing; scientists; master of the Vema; seamen
- Synopsis
- Ewing's scientific team chart the ocean floor, and take samples for study.
- Keywords
- educational; fact; oceanography
Peacetime Firemen
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do Marines do in peacetime?
- Genre
- non-fiction; military
- Characters
- U.S. Marines
- Synopsis
- Survey of Marine activities and assignments during peacetime.
- Keywords
- educational; fact; U.S. Marine Corps
Circle of Death
comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was the winter of 1950, during the Korean War.
- Genre
- non-fiction; military
- Characters
- U.S. Marines; Chinese Communist soldiers
- Synopsis
- Marines are surrounded and outumbered at Chosin in deadly winter weather, but fight their way out.
- Keywords
- Chosin Reservoir; educational; fact; Korean war; U.S. Marine Corps
Rocks, Sand and Bullets
comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These tiny dots in the Pacific Ocean are names that will live in American history.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; military
- Characters
- U.S. Marines; Colonel Harry B. Liversedge; Major General Harry Schmidt; First Lieutenant Harold G. Schrier; Joe Rosenthal; Michael Strank; Harlon Block; Franklin Sousley; Rene Gagnon; Ira Hayes; Harold Schultz
- Synopsis
- Marines on Iwo Jima fight to the top of Mount Suribachi, where they raise the American flag. Joe Rosenthal captures the moment on film.
- Keywords
- educational; fact; Iwo Jima; U.S. Marine Corps; World War II
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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The Illustrated Story of the Marines
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1.
Special Introductory Offer
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The Illustrated Story of the Marines
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3.
The Shores of Tripoli
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4.
The Terrible Tiger
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5.
Fighting Leathernecks
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A Gentle Hand
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The Halls of Montezuma
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The Marines Have Landed
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9.
Six Outposts to Charlemagne
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Devil Dogs
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The Piltdown Hoax
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12.
Becoming a Marine
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The Floating Laboratory
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14.
Peacetime Firemen
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15.
Circle of Death
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16.
Rocks, Sand and Bullets
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