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LHD 8
USS Makin Island
Marine Raiders Honored, Amphibious Assault Ship Named for Makin Island Raid
2nd Raider Thomas L. Cleary’s Plaque to be Placed Aboard
The United States Marine Raider Association graciously accepts the honor
bestowed by the Navy naming the amphibious assault ship LSD 8, USS Makin
Island, for the 17-18 August 1942 memorable raid
on Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands. The Raid commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson was made from the submarines Nautilis
and Argonaut.
2nd Marine Raider Thomas L, Cleary has produced several plaques memorializing
Raider actions, which now stand on Guadalcanal. His most recent plaque
commemerating the Makin raid will be placed aboard the USS Makin Island.
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Keel Laid for Makin Island (LHD 8) at Northrop Grumman Shipyard
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USS Makin Island (LHD-8) - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Photo Release -- Christening of Northrop Grumman-Built Makin Island (LHD 8)
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Detailing to the Navy's First all Electric Amphibious Assault ship is underway
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
2ND RAIDER BATTALION
"CARLSON'S RAIDERS"
Gung Ho
In honor of the United States Marine Raiders and their Navy comrades who
participated in the submarine launched, rubber boat raid on Japanese-held
Makin Island, located in the Gilbert Islands, on 17-18 August 1942.
222 men of Companies A and B of the 2nd Raider Battalion, under the command
of Lt. Col. Evans Carlson and Major James Roosevelt, made this daring
raid from the USS Argonaut and the USS Nautilus to divert enemy forces
from the 1 st Marine Division invasion of Guadalcanal.
The Raiders beached their rubber boats and secured the island after an
intense fire fight and sporadic sniper fire on 17 August. Very rough seas
and adverse tides prevented their complete withdrawal that night. Approximately
90 Raiders reached the submarines on the night of 17 August, 40 more Raiders
reached the submarines shortly after dawn 18 August. 62 Raiders remained
ashore.
On 18 August, Lt. Col. Carlson ordered vigorous patrolling of the entire
island to ensure that all Japanese were dead and to gather intelligence
documents, despite frequent strafing and bombing from enemy aircraft during
the day. Raiders found documents that revealed the location, numbers and
classes of all Japanese aircraft in the Pacific. This was a major intelligence
discovery early in the Pacific campaign. The remaining Raiders were able
to withdraw from the island by the lagoon side the evening of 18 August,
the submarines remained on station in dire peril from Japanese air attack
until all known wounded and able-bodied Raiders were back aboard.
Thirty Raiders gave their lives securing the island. Eighteen were KIA's,
three Raider MIA's were presumed drowned and nine Raiders were swept to
a small island by strong tides where, weaponless and shoeless, they were
captured, taken to Kwajalein and later beheaded by the Japanese.
The raid on Makin Island by the 2nd Raiders and the capture of Tulagi
by the 1 st Raiders were the first successfully completed American ground
offensives of WWII. One Medal of Honor and 23 Navy crosses were awarded
to Raiders participating in the Makin Raid.
"This plaque was donated by the U. S. Marine Raider Association"
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