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Faithful warriors : a combat marine remembers the Pacific War / by Dean Ladd, and Steven Weingartner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ladd, Dean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Marines--United States--Biography.
- Marines.
- United States. Marine Corps--Biography.
- United States.
- Ladd, Dean--Travel--Pacific Area.
- Ladd, Dean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Faithful Warriors is a memoir of World War II in the Pacific by a combat veteran of the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Written with award-winning author Steven Weingartner, Ladd's book chronicles his experiences as a junior officer in some of the fiercest fighting of the war in the Pacific. His recollections and descriptions of life--and death--on the far-flung island battlefronts of the Pacific War are vividly rendered, augmented by the recollections of a number of the men with whom he served.This memoir tells the story of how both Ladd and the Marine Corps came
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Prologue; Chapter 1: From Spokane to Samoa; Chapter 2: Guadalcanal; Chapter 3: Battles on the Matanikau; Chapter 4: To the Bitter End; Chapter 5: Heaven; Chapter 6: Hell; Chapter 7: Hawaiian Interlude; Chapter 8: Saipan; Chapter 9: Banzai; Chapter 10: The Last Campaign; Epilogue; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-96164-7
- 9786613793836
- 1-61251-017-5
- OCLC:
- 712016029
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