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Author:

McEnery, Jim, 1919-

Title:

Hell in the Pacific : a Marine rifleman's journey from Guadalcanal to Peleliu / Jim McEnery with Bill Sloan.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

ix, 305 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25.

Subject:

McEnery, Jim,--1919-
United States--Marine Corps--Biography.
Marines--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

Other Authors:

Sloan, Bill, 1935-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

A nice day for a boat ride -- Always a Marine at heart -- Disaster at sea, slaughter ashore -- Bushido takes a beating -- Japan's offensive hits a wall -- "We've got the bastards licked" -- Red mud, red blood, green hell -- The crab and coconut wars -- Peleliu, "A terrible mistake" -- The worst nightmare yet -- Going back to the real world.

ISBN:

145165913X
9781451659139

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

JHPC815 -- Sac City Public Library (Sac City)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)

TRPE062 -- Vinton Public Library (Vinton)