The Long and the Short and the Tall: Marines in Combat on Guam and Iwo Jima (Classics of War)
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Genre: History
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genre: History
Book Type: Paperback
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I have to agree with this statement in the description, "This is a supremely vivid and spellbinding account...."
The story is about the ordinary men---Marines and sailors---and what they experienced on a daily basis. It recounts their interactions with each other, with the Japanese, innocent civilians, and death.
He takes you right in the landing craft with him as they approach the beaches, into the fox holes where men are dying and others are trying to understand why they are still alive, and into the rear areas where they joke, train and wait for the next assault, where many of them will be wounded or die.
It's easy to read, if you don't think about the men being killed and wounded, and the pages fly by. The books gives you an understanding how men adapted to conditions which most everyone would call horiffic.
The story is about the ordinary men---Marines and sailors---and what they experienced on a daily basis. It recounts their interactions with each other, with the Japanese, innocent civilians, and death.
He takes you right in the landing craft with him as they approach the beaches, into the fox holes where men are dying and others are trying to understand why they are still alive, and into the rear areas where they joke, train and wait for the next assault, where many of them will be wounded or die.
It's easy to read, if you don't think about the men being killed and wounded, and the pages fly by. The books gives you an understanding how men adapted to conditions which most everyone would call horiffic.
