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  • Islands of the Damned

    A Marine at War in the Pacific

    by R.V. Burgin, Bill Marvel ...
    **A remarkable eyewitness account of the most brutal combat of the Pacific War, from Peleliu to Okinawa, this is the true story of R.V. Burgin, the real-life World War II Marine Corps hero featured in HBO®'s The Pacific.“Read his story and marvel at the man...and those like him.”—Tom Hanks**When a young Texan named R.V. Burgin joined the Marines 1942, he never imagined what was waiting for him a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Islands of the Damned

    A Marine at War in the Pacific

    by R. V. Burgin, William Marvel ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 30 min

    This is an eyewitness—and eye-opening—account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Vanquished

    Why the First World War Failed to End

    by Robert Gerwarth ...
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  • Red Blood, Black Sand

    Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima

    by Chuck Tatum ...
    A story of heroism, friendship, and courage in World War 2—as seen in the award-winning HBO miniseries The Pacific.In 1944, the U.S. Marines were building the 5th Marine Division—also known as “The Spearhead”—in preparation for the invasion of the small, Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima...When Chuck Tatum began Marine boot camp, he was just a smart-aleck teenager eager to serve his country. Little ... Read more

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  • Challenge for the Pacific

    Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War

    by Robert Leckie ...
    From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal.From the Japanese soldiers’ carefully calculated—and ultimately foiled—attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to ... Read more

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  • 76 Hours: The Invasion Of Tarawa

    by Eric Hammel and John E. Lane ...
    On the morning of November 20, 1943, the U.S. 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead. The objective was tiny Betio Island in Tarawa Atoll. The result was a tragedy and near defeat turned around into an epic of victory and indomitable human spirit. Although the admirals commanding the Tarawa invasion fleet had assured the Marines that ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Battle

    Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II

    by Bill Sloan ...
    The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the last great clash of World War II as it has never before been told.With the same “grunt's-eye-view” narrative style that distinguished his Brotherhood of Heroes, Bill Sloan presents a gripping and uniquely personal saga of heroism and sacrifice in which at least 115,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen from both sides were killed, as were nearly 150,000 ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Line Doggie: Foot Soldier in Vietnam

    by Charles Gadd ...
    Charles Gadd served in Vietnam in late 1967 and 1968 and had experiences very similar to what most enlisted men endured. He describes the mud, blood, leeches, loss of friends, and low morale due to constant harassment by guerrillas. The author, a squad leader with the 101st Airborne, was wounded twice and saw nearly constant action in the Central Highlands. This memoir is a vivid and accurate ... Read more

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  • The Ghost Mountain Boys

    Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the South Pacific

    by James Campbell ...
    Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world’s largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, disease-ridden land of dense jungle, towering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and fetid swamps. Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position, New Guinea became the site of one of the South Pacific’s most savage campaigns. ... Read more

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  • Before Their Time

    A Memoir

    by Robert Kotlowitz ...
    in this memoir of his experiences as a teenage infantryman in the US Third Army during World War II, Kotlowitz brings to life the harrowing story of the massacre of his platoon in northeastern France, in which he--by playing dead--was the only one to survive. 208 pp. 15,000 print. ... Read more

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  • Shifty's War

    The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers

    by Marcus Brotherton ...
    From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!As a boy, Darrell “Shifty” Powers’s goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. His father ... Read more

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  • Code Talker

    The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

    by Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila ...
    The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII.His name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn’t stop Chester from answering the call to defend his ... Read more

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