AMERICAN FORCES IN CHINA.

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4th Marines Annual, 1932-1933. Shanghai, China. First edition of this lively regimental publication. The 4th raced to China in 1927 amid escalating domestic political tensions and threats to American commercial interests in Shanghai. Initially an expeditionary force, it remained as a permanent garrison until the evacuation of Shanghai in 1941, completing one of the longest peacetime deployments in US military history.This was the second consecutive annual issued by the 4th Marines and contains a calendar of regimental life, a sketch of its history, and portraits of leading officers. Besides the copy held by the Los Angeles Public Library, it is untraced.

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