Hell in the Pacific : a Marine rifleman's journey from Guadalcanal to Peleliu

Author

Jim McEnery

Call Number

• 940.545 M4788 (OSH)

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Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.

Physical Description

ix, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• A nice day for a boat ride
• Always a Marine at heart
• Disaster at sea, slaughter ashore
• Bushido takes a beating
• Japan's offensive hits a wall
• "We've got the bastards licked"
• Red mud, red blood, green hell
• The crab and coconut wars
• Peleliu, "A terrible mistake"
• The worst nightmare yet
• Going back to the real world.