The Boston Marine Barracks: A History, 1799-1974

by Lt. Col. John R. Yates , Jr., USMC (Ret.), Thomas Yates

Overview

The Boston Marine Barracks is one of the oldest in the United States: it stands within eyeshot of the USS Constitution. Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., the last commanding officer of the Barracks when it closed in 1974, researched the hundreds of letters left behind by previous Barracks commanders, their superiors and many others. They reveal the life and times of the Marines billeted at the Barracks from the early 19th century until World War II. Often, of course, the Marines were deployed to far-off events and places.

This book also tells the story of the Barracks Marines' participation in the Seminole Wars, the action in Samoa, the Boer Wars, the Philippine Insurrection, Panama, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish American War and World War I. This book reveals a naval prison's existence on the shipyard for which the Marines were responsible for many years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476617534
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	04/02/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., USMC (Ret.), was the last commander of the Boston Marine Barracks and served in the Vietnam War. Thomas Yates has taught history, mathematics, and special education in the Massachusetts Merrimac Valley for six years. He flew for the Air Force, as an Instructor Navigator in the KC–135A airborne refueler and is a Desert Storm Veteran. He lives in Lowell Mssachusetts.
The late Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., USMC (Ret.), was the last commander of the Boston Marine Barracks and served in the Vietnam War.
Thomas Yates has taught history, mathematics, and special education in the Massachusetts Merrimac Valley for six years. He flew for the Air Force, as an Instructor Navigator in the KC-135A airborne refueler and is a Desert Storm Veteran. He lives in Lowell Mssachusetts.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I—The Fledgling Age
1. Military Obligations Evolve with a Nation
2. Marines at Sea, on Land and at War
3. Settling in to Normalcy; War Arrives Again
Part II—Adolescence
4. The Nation Splits Apart
5. The Eventfulness of Peacetime
6. Progress Marches On with New Commands
7. Major Meade Takes the Helm
Part III—The World Stage
8. The Spanish American War and Its Aftermath
9. The Era of Col. Pope
10. Prison Progress and Changes at the Top
11. The Post Exchange Investigation; Wood’s Command
12. Woes at the Gates
13. Samar
14. Ebb and Flow of Peacetime
15. Shipshape Under Major Hall
Part IV—Twilight
16. Lt. Col. Yates, the Vietnam Era, and Memories Preserved
Appendix: List of Commanding Officers
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Yates approaches his subject as a labour of love, but he has also produced a work of merit, and built a strong case for honouring a group of men who served their country well over the course of two centuries...a commendable work”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord.

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