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In this companion book to the HBO series on the war in the Pacific, historian Hugh Ambrose focuses on five American soldiers who each took an active role in the difficult and costly--in terms of lives--campaign to reach the Japanese mainland. Ambrose recounts key battles--Guadalcanal, Midway, Okinawa, and the lesser-known Peleliu--and he provides a soldier's eye view of the events, conveying the great valor and sacrifices of those in uniform.

2) U.S. Marine Corps special units of World War II

Author

Updegraph, Charles L

Pub. Date

1972.

Physical Description

1 online resource (x, 105 pages) : illustrations

Language

English

3) Brotherhood of heroes: the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War

Author

Sloan, Bill

Pub. Date

[2005]

Physical Description

386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Language

English

4) Across the reef: the Marine assault of Tarawa

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1993.

Physical Description

52 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm

Language

English

5) Closing in: Marines in the seizure of Iwo Jima

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1994.

Physical Description

52 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Language

English

6) Given up for dead: America's heroic stand at Wake Island

Author

Sloan, Bill

Pub. Date

2003.

Physical Description

xi, 412 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Language

English

7) Their backs against the sea: the battle of Saipan and the largest banzai attack of World War II

Author

Sloan, Bill

Pub. Date

2017.

Physical Description

278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

8) Across the reef: the Marine assault of Tarawa

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1993.

Physical Description

1 online resource (52 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Language

English

9) ... and a few Marines: Marines in the liberation of the Philippines

Author

Chapin, John C

Series

Pub. Date

1997.

Physical Description

28 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Language

English

10) Securing the surrender: marines in the occupation of Japan

Author

Smith, Charles R

Series

Pub. Date

1997.

Physical Description

44 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Language

English

11) Condition red: marine defense battalions in World War II

Author

Melson, Charles D

Series

United States. Marine Corps

Pub. Date

1996.

Physical Description

32 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Language

English

12) History of U.S. Marine Corps operations in World War II

Author

Series

FMFRP ; 12-34
Marine Corps historical publications

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Description

1 computer disc : illustrations, maps ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

A five-volume series covering the history of Marine operations in World War II.

13) A special valor: the U.S. Marines and the Pacific war

Author

Wheeler, Richard

Pub. Date

[1983]

Physical Description

xii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

14) The Marines in World War II

Author

Haskew, Michael E

Pub. Date

[2016]

Physical Description

224 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

"Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that pushed the United States into World War II and sent thousands of US Marines to fight and die on tiny islands half a world away. Today, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Tarawa are household names that hold legendary status on the Marines' roll of honor. But in 1941, the Marine Corps was a small expeditionary force with outdated equipment and an unproven new mission--amphibious assault....

15) Up the slot: Marines in the central Solomons

Author

Melson, Charles D

Series

Pub. Date

1993.

Physical Description

36 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Language

English

16) U.S. Marine Corps special units of World War II

Author

Updegraph, Charles L

Pub. Date

1977

Physical Description

x, 105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Language

English

17) Liberation: Marines in the recapture of Guam

Author

O'Brien, Cyril J

Series

Pub. Date

1994.

Physical Description

1 online resource (44 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Language

English

18) The final campaign: Marines in the victory on Okinawa

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1996.

Physical Description

52 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Language

English

19) Up the Slot: Marines in the central Solomons

Author

Melson, Charles D

Series

Pub. Date

1993.

Physical Description

1 online resource (36 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Language

English

20) Unknown valor: a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima

Author

MacCallum, Martha

Pub. Date

[2020]

Physical Description

xvii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description