by Dick Camp
A .30-caliber machine gun position on Edson’s Ridge just before the bloody Japanese assault on 12–13 September 1942. USMC Photo
The morning after the bloody Japanese attacks on Edson’s Ridge. A line of Marines can barely be seen in the smoke- and fog-shrouded air behind the killing ground. USMC Photo
Lieutenant Colonel Victor H. Krulak, commanding officer 2nd Parachute Battalion after successfully pulling off a diversionary raid on Choiseul. USMC Photo
Captain Frank Farrell, the OSS agent who investigated the Nazi spy ring in China at the end of the war. USMC Photo
Captain Frank Farrell, 1st Marines intelligence officer, and two unknown Marines in the Guadalcanal jungle in 1942. USMC Photo
First published in 2013 by Zenith Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing Company, 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA
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Text © 2013 Dick Camp
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Digital Edition: 978-1-61058-825-6
Softcover Edition: 978-0-76034-429-3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Camp, Richard D.
Shadow warriors : the untold stories of American special operations during WWII / Dick Camp.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7603-4429-3 (hardcover)
1. World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States. 2. World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--United States. 3. United States. Marine Corps--History--World War,
1939-1945. 4. United States. Office of Strategic Services. I. Title.
D810.S7C328 2013
940.54’8673--dc23
Editor: Scott Pearson
Design Manager: James Kegley
Layout: Helena Schimizu
Cover designer: Simon Larkin
On the front cover: Raiders or Paramarines bring their rubber boats ashore to conceal in the jungle. USMC Photo
