| The Long Road of War: A Marine's Story of Pacific Combat Contributor(s): Maslowski, Peter (Foreword by), Johnston, James W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803276125 ISBN-13: 9780803276123 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $12.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: James W. Johnston was a self-confessed small-town youth, who like so many others patriotically stopped what he was doing and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. Johnston chose the Marines, a decision that sent him to years of bloody combat through the Pacific as Allied troops fought their way toward the Japanese home islands. Many did not come back; of those who did, very few have told us what it was like. Johnston tells us directly and honestly, taking us with his First Marine Division through New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97023894 |
| Lexile Measure: 1040 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.99" W x 8.97" (0.50 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: James W. Johnston was a self-confessed small-town youth, who like so many others patriotically stopped what he was doing and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. Johnston chose the Marines, a decision that sent him to years of bloody combat through the Pacific as Allied troops fought their way toward the Japanese home islands. Many did not come back; of those who did, very few have told us what it was like. Johnston tells us directly and honestly, taking us with his First Marine Division through New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. James W. Johnston was born in Kentucky and has lived for most of his life in Wauneta, a small town in southwestern Nebraska. |