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Fighting Marines
   Topps - 1953

Notes: Packaging gives the title "Fightin' Marines." Cards that have been reported to 
be "short prints" are shown with a "*". American Card Catalog reference is R709-1. 
Scans are posted at the Vintage Non-Sports Cards gallery.

Pack: 1 card + gum, or 4-up panels + gum.

No.   Title                                  Subtitle

   Marines in Training

  1   Firing the Howitzer
  2   On the March
  3   Unloading a Tank
  4   Riding the Tank
  5   Bayonet Practice
  6   Firing Instructions
  7   Night Combat
  8   Obstacle Course
  9   Flame Thrower
 10   Storming Ashore
 11   House to House Combat
 12   Clashing Steel
 13   Into the Surf!
 14   Bazooka!
 15   Communications Personnel
 16   Woman Marine
 17   Careful Aim
 18   Mortar Sight
 19   Automatic Rifle
 20   Set for Action
 21   Howitzer Crew
 22   Throw That Grenade!
 23 * Light Machine Guns

   Marines in the Pacific

 24   Final Instructions
 25   Take Off!
 26   Scouting the Beach
 27   Officer in Action
 28   Pushing Forward
 29   "Get That Plane"
 30   Paratrooper
 31   Jungle Wire
 32   Wash Day
 33   Rescue at Sea
 34   Landing Signal
 35   "Rush for the Gun"
 36   "Hit the Beach"
 37   Gunnery Sergeant
 38   Supplies for Battle
 39   "Down They Go!"
 40   Battle for Tarawa
 41   Into the Night
 42   General A. A. Vandergrift
 43   Iwo Jima!
 44 * Marine Fighter
 45   Target Ahead!
 46   Attack from the Skies
 47   Back from the Front
 48   Lowering a Bomb

   Marine Heroes

 49   The Last Moment
 50   In the Face of Death
 51   Forcing an Entrance
 52   Dangerous Landing
 53   Riding the Tail
 54   Flying Leathernecks
 55   Raging Sea
 56   Into the Flames
 57   Marine Engineers
 58   Staying with a Pal
 59   Bare-Handed Attack
 60   Under Fire
 61   Iwo Jima Hero
 62   Single-Handed Battle
 63   Life Saver!
 64   Dead Shot!
 65   Fearless Leader
 66   Exposed to Fire
 67   Dodging Bullets
 68   Grenade Attack
 69   Rear Guard
 70   Saving the Wounded

   History of the Marines

 71   "From the Halls of Montezuma" - 1847   Storming the Mexican Fortress
 72   Against the Indians
 73   World War I - 1917-18                  "Push 'Em Back!"
 74 * Boxer Rebellion - 1900                 Action Against the Chinese
 75   Raiding the Bahamas - 1776             First Marine landing
 76   Into Korea - 1871                      Storming the Citadel
 77   To the Shores of Tripoli - 1805        The Pirates are Defeated
 78   Civil War - 1861-1865                  Fighting on Land and Sea
 79   First Marine Aviator - 1912            The "Flying Leathernecks" Begin
 80   Spanish-American War - 1898            First Landing in Cuba
 81   Belleau Wood - 1918                    Turning Point of the War
 82   In the Philippines - 1900              Guerilla War
 83   In the Caribbean                       Marine Police Force
 84   Sumatra - 1831                         Against the South Sea Pirates
 85   Wake Island - 1941                     Fight to the Finish
 86   Solomon Islands - 1942                 Smashing the Japanese
 87   Iceland - 1941                         Overseas Expedition
 88   Inchon - 1950                          Landing Behind Enemy Lines
 89   Pusan - 1950                           Going into Korea
 90   Wonsan - 1950                          Easy Landing

   Marine Uniforms

 91   U. S. Marines - 1775                   The Revolutionary War
 92   U. S. Marines - 1805                   The War in Tripoli
 93   U. S. Marines - 1847                   The Mexican War
 94   U. S. Marines - 1861                   The Civil War
 95   U. S. Marines - 1898                   The Spanish-American War
 96 * U. S. Marines - 1918                   World War I


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