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A Marine officer builds a special forces unit on the ideas of Maoism and launches one of the strangest raids of WWII
Sources:
Duane Schultz. Evans Carlson, Marine Raider: The Man Who Commanded America's First Special Forces
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-makin-raid-what-really-happened-to-the-marines/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/raid-on-makin/
https://www.historynet.com/gung-ho-makin-raids-strange-legacy/
https://www.historynet.com/marine-veterans-recount-daring-raid-on-makin-atoll/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/evans-carlson-forms-carlsons-raiders/
