| A Special Valor: The U.S. Marines and the Pacific War Contributor(s): Wheeler, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1591149371 ISBN-13: 9781591149378 Publisher: US Naval Institute Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 940.545 |
| LCCN: 2005027309 |
| Series: Bluejacket Books |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6" W x 9" (1.42 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If the U.S. Marines gave birth to a legend in the halls of Montezuma in the nineteenth century, they added glorious luster to it with their heroism and victories against the Japanese in World War II. For this vivid, foxhole view of the Marines' war, Richard Wheeler draws extensively on frontline eyewitness accounts of Marines and combat journalists and backs up their stories with official U.S. action reports and captured Japanese materials. First published in 1983, the book has earned praise as a popular, one-volume history of all the battles fought by the Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign. The book describes in fascinating and exciting detail the heroic defense of Wake Island against an overwhelming enemy assault force. It traces the long bloody battle for Guadalcanal that brought the Marines their first victory and gave America and its allies control of the strategically important Soloman Islands. It follows the painful, island-by-island counterattack toward the Japanese homeland when the Marines created new legends at such places as Bougainville, Saipan, Tarawa, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Here are the remarkable exploits of the Marines holding off Japanese assault waves at Heartbreak Ridge, storming across coral reefs, and struggling up the slopes of Mount Suribachi to raise the Stars and Stripes. Some sixty-five photographs enhance the book, which is now available in paperback for the first time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wheeler, Richard: - Richard Wheeler�was a Marine veteran of the Pacific campaign and the author of Iwo and The Bloody Battle for Suribachi among other military history�books. He�called Pine Grove, PA his home before his death. |