Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II (Expanded Edition)

Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II (Expanded Edition)

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  • Create Date:2021-07-07 17:31:04
  • Update Date:2025-09-07
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Adam Makos
  • ISBN:B093MRZC2J
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Summary

*Running Time => 9 hrs。*

From the best-selling author of 'A Higher Call' and 'Spearhead' comes and unflinching firsthand chronicle of the heroic U。S。 Marines who fought on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and in other pivotal battles during the Pacific War, in a classic book now expanded with new stories from the flyboys overhead and the home front。

Following 15 marines from Pearl Harbor, through their battles with the Japan 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With unprecedented access to the veterans, and unpublished memoirs, 'VOICES OF THE PACIFIC' presents true stories of heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R。V。 Burgin, and Chuck Tatum - whose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 form the legendary 1st Marine Division。


©2021 Adam Makos (P)2021 Penguin Audio