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Author:

Proser, Jim.

Title:

I'm staying with my boys : the heroic life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC / Jim Proser, with Jerry Cutter.

Edition:

1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Griffin,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xii, 336 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Basilone, John,--1916-1945.
United States.--Marine Corps--Biography.
Medal of Honor--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
Marines--New Jersey--Biography.
Soldiers--New Jersey--Biography.
Raritan (N.J.)--Biography.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
Basilone, John,--1916-1945.
United States.--Marine Corps--Biography.
Medal of Honor--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
Marines--Biography.
Soldiers--New Jersey--Biography.
Raritan (N.J.)--Biography.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.

Other Authors:

Cutter, Jerry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-336).

Contents:

D-Day, Iwo Jima, 0700 hours -- Manila John -- In the Army now -- Back home -- Civilian life -- Into the breech -- On to the canal -- Bloody Ridge -- On the attack -- Hitting the fan -- "I'm staying with my boys. They need me."

Summary:

A biography of John Basilone, a sergeant with the U.S. Marines during World War II, focusing on the heroic actions at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima that earned him the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart.

ISBN:

0312611447
9780312611446 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2009039994

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