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Subject(s)

• Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944 [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Japan—Okinawa Island [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives, American [Browse]
• Soldiers—United States—Biography [Browse]
• United States Marine Corps Marine Regiment, 5th Battalion, 3rd Company K [Browse]
• United States Marine Corps—Biography [Browse]
• Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-2001 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Autobiographies [Browse]
• Personal narratives [Browse]
• Biographies [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• autobiographies (literary works) [Browse]

Summary note

A former member of the First Marine Division gives a front line description of two World War II Pacific campaigns.

Notes

• Originally published: Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press, 1981.
• "Ballantine Books."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword by Brig. Gen. Walter S. McIlhenny
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction by Victor Davis Hanson
• pt. 1. Peleliu: a neglected battle. Foreword by Lt. Col. John A. Crown ; 1. Making of a Marine ; 2. Preparation for Combat ; 3. On to Peleliu ; 4. Assault into Hell ; 5. Another Amphibious Assault ; 6. Brave Men Lost
• pt. II. Okinawa : the final triumph. Foreword by Capt. Thomas J. Stanley ; 7. Rest and Rehabilitation ; 8. Prelude to Invasion ; 9. Stay of Execution ; 10. Into the Abyss ; 11. Of Shock and Shells ; 12. Of Mud and Maggots ; 13. Breakthrough ; 14. Beyond Shuri ; 15. End of the Agony
• Appendix A. Roll of Honor
• Bibliography.

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ISBN

• 9780891419198 ((paperback))
• 0891419195 ((paperback))

OCLC

175295688

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