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Author:

Sloan, Bill, 1935-

Title:

Brotherhood of heroes : the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War / Bill Sloan.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2006, c2005

Description:

386 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
United States.--Marine Corps--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-368) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0743260104
9780743260107

OCLC:

(OCoLC)68621206

Locations:

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)