Robin L. Rielly spent many years as an educator, specializing in international relations, Asian studies and American history. He also served as the Historian/Archivist for the USS LCS(L) 1-130 Association, a World War II veteran’s group. This is his sixth book dealing with American Naval history.
“an extremely well done and researched book”—Naval Historical
Foundation
“definitive”—Alligator Alley
“deeply researched and wide-ranging...a complete, definitive
account of the gunboats of World War II and their
contributions”—National Association of USS LCS(L) 1–130
Newsletter
“a well-written and comprehensive narrative...a remarkable number
of images. Rielly has done an excellent service in providing a
well-researched and written book on these often overlooked ships.
The large number of images and diagrams make it not only a good
read but an important reference source as well. This book rightly
deserves a place on any Pacific War Historian’s shelf”—H-Net
Reviews
“Rielly gives a definitive history of an often-forgotten class of
naval vessels… The exhaustively researched book is an authoritative
account of the vessels… Rielly’s work is both well researched and
eminently readable. Read in parts of from start to finish, it will
broaden the understanding of amateur and professional historians
alike. Rielly has made a valuable and complete addition to the
naval and amphibious history of the Second World War in the
Pacific.”—The Northern Mariner
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