Once A Raider...

In the early days of World War Two the United States Marine Corps fielded four unique battalions of specially trained Marines against the Japanese in the pacific. Drawing from sources as varied as the famous British Commandos and Mao Tse-Tung's 8th Route Army, as well as developing innovative tactics that are still used today, these battalions were called Raiders, and were the very tip of the spear in the war against Japan.

Raiders were present at Midway, carried out the first major raid aga...