The material is this book has been extracted from Chapter 4of Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal- History of the United States Marine Corps Operations in World War II, vol. I by Lt. Col Frank O. Hough, USMC, Maj. Verle E. Ludwig, USMC and Mr. Henry I. Shaw, Jr. In addition, a bibliography and appendix has been added. This work supersedes Marine Corps historical Reference Series pamphlet, no. 34, The United States Marines in Iceland, 1941-1942, published and last reviewed in 1962, by the Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps.