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Voices of the Pacific : untold stories from the Marine heroes of World War II / Adam Makos ; with Marcus Brotherton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Makos, Adam, author.
- Brotherton, Marcus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Marine Corps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- History.
- Marines--United States--Biography.
- Marines.
- United States.
- Military campaigns.
- United States. Marine Corps--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- Pacific Area.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Expanded edition.
- Dutton Caliber revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
- Summary:
- Following fifteen Marines from Pearl Harbor, through their battles with the Japanese, to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With vivid, unforgettable detail, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the camaraderie they found, the friends they lost, and the aftermath of the war's impact on their lives. With unprecedented access to the veterans, rare photographs, and unpublished memoirs, Voices of the Pacific presents true stories of heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R.V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum--whose exploits were featured in the classic HBO miniseries The Pacific--and their Marine buddies from the legendary 1st Marine Division.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. We're In It Now
- 2. Eyeball To Eyeball
- 3. The Test Of Wills
- 4. Rest And Respite
- 5. The Green Inferno
- 6. Misery
- 7. The Hellhole
- 8. New Islands, New Blood
- 9. Here We Go Again
- 10. Black Smoke, White Sand
- 11. The Days Of Heat And Fury
- 12. Assault Across The Bay
- 13. Into The Hills Of Hell
- 14. Back To The World
- 15. Island X
- 16. The Last Island
- 17. The Land Of Mud And Death
- 18. The Wasteland
- 19. The Last Mile
- 20. Coming Home
- 21. The Lives We Lived
- 22. The Last Words.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Lader Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780593185315
- 0593185315
- OCLC:
- 1227976585
- Publisher Number:
- 99988922745
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