Description |
386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-368) and index. |
Contents |
Prologue -- Old Breed, New Blood -- A Rest Camp from Hell -- The Road to Peleliu -- Sea of Chaos; Isle of Fire -- The White Beaches Turn Red -- A Bloody Nose at the Airfield -- Point of No Return -- Death and Denial -- Hills, Horrors, and Heroes -- North Through Sniper Alley -- Nightmare on Ngesebus -- Picking Satan's Pocket -- A Stinking, Timeless Void -- Lost Leaders and Fallen Friends -- Legion of the Almost-Damned -- Next Stop: Okinawa -- Epilogue. |
Subject |
Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
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United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
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United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War II.
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ISBN |
0743260090 |
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9780743260091 |
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