CATALOG RECORD

The World Around Us #11

Gilberton · Series began 1958 · July 1959

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Dates

Cover date: July 1959
On sale: May 5, 1959
Pages: 84

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Frank Doyle, Gerald McCann, Everett Kinstler, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, John Tartaglione, Sam Glanzmaninks: Frank Doyle, Gerald McCann, Everett Kinstler, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, John Tartaglione, Sam Glanzmancolors: Frank Doyle

Stories

The Shores of Tripoli · 9 pages
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.
The Terrible Tiger · 1 pages
Fighting Leathernecks · 7 pages
Marines serve in numerous battles and campaigns of the American Revolution.
A Gentle Hand · 1 pages
Florence Nightingale defies danger and expectations to establish a corps of woman nurses in the Crimean War.
The Halls of Montezuma · 8 pages
Marines are assigned to rear duty for much of the Mexican War, but take the lead in storming Mexico City and Chapultepec Castle.
The Marines Have Landed · 5 pages
Review of the Marine Corps' history from the War of 1812 to 1958 peacekeeping in Lebanon.
Six Outposts to Charlemagne · 9 pages
Disguising themselves as Cacos bandits, and working with Haitian gendarmes, marines bluff their way past six outposts to kill the bandit leader.
Devil Dogs · 5 pages
Marines drive the Germans out of Belleau Wood, earning the nickname Devil Dogs.
The Piltdown Hoax · 1 pages
Dawson's discoveries of apparently ancient skulls are hailed as great finds, but eventually the skulls are determined to have been hoaxes.
Becoming a Marine · 11 pages
After high school, Dick joins the Marines. He goes through basic training and individual combat training, then into Marine aviation mechanics.
The Floating Laboratory · 1 pages
Ewing's scientific team chart the ocean floor, and take samples for study.
Peacetime Firemen · 5 pages
Survey of Marine activities and assignments during peacetime.
Circle of Death · 7 pages
Marines are surrounded and outumbered at Chosin in deadly winter weather, but fight their way out.
Rocks, Sand and Bullets · 9 pages
Marines on Iwo Jima fight to the top of Mount Suribachi, where they raise the American flag. Joe Rosenthal captures the moment on film.