author
James R. Stockman
1915–2000
Best known for clear, firsthand-style histories of Marine Corps operations in the Pacific, this former officer turned wartime experience into brisk, practical military writing. His books on Tarawa, Okinawa, Saipan, Tinian, and the Sixth Marine Division remain familiar to readers of World War II history.
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The Sixth Marine Division
by James R. Stockman
About the author
James R. Stockman (1915–2000) was a U.S. Marine Corps officer and military historian whose name appears on several official World War II Marine Corps histories. Sources for his books identify him as Capt. James R. Stockman, USMC, and credit him with works including The Battle for Tarawa, The First Marine Division on Okinawa, and The Sixth Marine Division.
His writing is direct and documentary in tone, built around reports, records, and unit histories rather than personal storytelling. In Campaign for the Marianas, he is credited with preparing the sections on the battles for Saipan and Tinian, showing how closely his work was tied to the Marine Corps' effort to record major Pacific campaigns.
Available biographical details are limited, but memorial records list him as born in 1915 and dying in 2000, and booksellers' descriptions of his military career say he joined the Marine Corps in 1942 and retired in 1969. No suitable verified portrait image was confirmed from the sources reviewed.