The Devil's Anvil Author:James H. Hallas The Devil's Anvil tells the history of the battle for the island of Peleliu in the Western Caroline Islands--a battle that was supposed to take two days and instead took two months. The taking of Peleliu was a fight as tough as any in the Pacific, including Tarawa and Iwo Jima. The depth of Hallas's research allows him to bring to his study the ... more »kind of detail usually found only in books on the Civil War.« less