Merriam Press Military Monograph 68. Fifth Edition (March 2012). This is the story of the 270th Engineer Combat Battalion and its role in what Studs Terkel called “the Good War.”  For more, click here!
Merriam Press Military Monograph 79. Fourth Edition (August 2012). This is the story of the battle of Wingen-sur-Moder, an important village leading to the Alsatian Plain. For more, click here!
Trained as a photo reconnaissance unit, the U.S. Marine Observation Squadron 251 ended up serving as a fighter squadron for the duration of World War II, shooting down 32 Japanese aircraft. For more, click here!
Steven K. Dixon 2023
This second volume covers the history of the Thunderbolts from 1946 - 1991: The Cold War. For more, click here!
This last volume covering the history of VMFA-251 covers the years 1992-2020. This volume is currently being researched and written. For more, click here!