Islands Of Death Islands Of Victory
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Islands Of Death Islands Of Victory
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Author : John Bailey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-04
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Islands Of Death Islands Of Victory
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Author : John Bailey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-05
Islands Of Death Islands Of Victory written by John Bailey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05 with Fiction categories.
ISLANDS OF DEATH Islands of Victory is a novel about life and survival in the First Marine Division during World War II. It is seen through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Navy Hospital Corpsman, Ted Alexander. Based on actual experiences, it tells the story of Ted and other young Marines, most not old enough to vote, who faced the indescribable horror of a brutal, bloody war. It is about the joys, fears, disappointments and comradship of those who went away to war as boys, and if they survived, came home as heroic, haunted men. The invasion of Peleliu, one of the most viscous battles in the pacific, is Ted's introduction to the realities of war. He faces mortar and machine-gun fire wading in blood red waters as he advances toward the slaughter on the beach. Falling behind a burning amtrac he feels a moment of complete safety. How did he come to be in this abominable place? His mind flashes back to the beginning of the conflict. A small-town country boy, Ted was afraid the war would end before he could become a part of the great adventure. Life in the training camps is portrayed. Shipping out, seasickness and the miserable conditions aboard the troop transports follow. Arriving in New Caledonia, the Marines are awed by the native villages and the exotic atmosphere of Noumea, the capitol. Waiting for action, idle hands seek excitement in many ways: fistfights, climbing coconut trees, and trysts with young native girls. Leaving New Caledonia the replacement troops make port in Brisbane, Australia to a rousing welcome. "There will be no liberty granted," the P.A. blares. "Fill a combat pack and stow your gear in the warehouse," it orders amid moans and groans. Against orders, Ted and Salty Schissler decide to visit Brisbane. Chased by MP's, they are befriended by two lovely Australian girls who know how to send young men off to war. Departing Australia, the atmosphere changes. Even the ocean seems angry. In New Guinea they see real live natives wearing bones in their noses and ears and carrying spears in their hands. Boarding assault crafts, the troops proceed up New Guinea's coast and in New Britain, finally catch up with the war. Within minutes Ted finds out that in war people really do get killed. The deep, dark, wet, frightening jungle is beyond imagination. The huge falling trees, typhus fever and other jungle diseases kill many Marines. Expecting to go back to Australia, they are put ashore on Pavuvu, Russel Islands; a tiny, wet, stinking, hellhole occupied by rats and land crabs, where they are expected to make a rest camp. Next it is on to Peleliu. The Japanese extract a terrible toll for every foot of ground gained. The heat from the white coral wreaks havoc on the Marines. Most would sell their souls for one sip of ice water. Day and night, death stalks every step. The cemetery is fast overflowing. Ted and five Marines are ordered to help a decimated squad on a ledge of "Bloody Nose Ridge." The Nippon trail down is saturated by gunfire and their only hope is to roll the wounded over the 150-foot-high ledge. Ted is rendered unconscious by a mortar round as he leaps from the precipice. Coming to, he is tempted by the smell of something cooking. But it's not food----it is human flesh cooked by flamethrowers. The toll of dead or wounded is tremendous. Virtually every person leaves Peleliu with a physical or mental wound---wounds that don't show. Rumors fly that the Division is going back to Australia, the land of milk, food and girls. Again, it is not to be, and back to Pavuvu the survivors of Peleliu go. There is joy and there is disappointment in mail calls. Recurring attacks of the devastating
Victory Ebook Nc Digital Library
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Victory Ebook Nc Digital Library written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Victory
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Release Date : 2021-09-06
Victory written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by Lindhardt og Ringhof this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-06 with Fiction categories.
The water is crystal clear. The sun is blazing. And there’s death on the horizon. Set at the turn of the 20th century, "Victory" takes place in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Its tortured hero is Axel Heyst, a loner whose empty life is turned around when he meets the beautiful musician Lena. They fall in love, but there’s danger looming. A trio of violent desperadoes are headed to their island, convinced that Heyst has a stash of hidden treasure. A sun-drenched psychological thriller, "Victory" was one of Conrad’s most commercially successful novels. And one that still shimmers with his masterful style and narrative rule-breaking. Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish-British writer who left an indelible mark on world literature. After leaving Poland in his teens, Conrad spent years in the French and British merchant marines. His time at sea would inspire much of his writing. Rich in symbolism and rhythmic prose, his books often grapple with the horrors of European colonialism. His most famous story is "Heart of Darkness", an adventure set on the Congo River. Decades later, the movie "Apocalypse Now" updated the story to the Vietnam War. Conrad’s other works include the novels "Lord Jim", "Nostromo" and "The Secret Agent".
Island Victory
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Author : Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1944-01-01
Island Victory written by Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944-01-01 with History categories.
An on-the-spot history of a fight in the Pacific during World War II, Island Victory was the first battle history written by then?Lieutenant Colonel S. L. A. Marshall, a veteran of World War I who would serve in Korea and Vietnam and become a brigadier general in the process. After the Seventh Infantry Division drove across Kwajalein Atoll in the first days of February 1944, successfully wresting control of the strategic southern tip from the Japanese, Marshall was charged with producing an accurate and comprehensive account of the fight. His solution: bring the front-line soldiers together at once and interview them as a group, tapping the collective memory of a platoon fresh from battle. ø In this book, readers get a rare, firsthand sense of all the emotions that soldiers in combat experience. Numerous maps and photographs help us visualize precisely what took place. A compelling work of military history, and the first book of its kind, Island Victory is itself an important chapter in the history of how military exploits are described and recorded.
Victory An Island Tale
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-05-10
Victory An Island Tale written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-10 with Fiction categories.
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Victory And Island Tale
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Victory And Island Tale written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Asia in literature categories.
Victory
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-17
Victory written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-17 with categories.
Human nature being what it is, having a silly side to it as well as a mean side, there were not a fewwho pretended to be indignant on no better authority than a general propensity to believe every evilreport; and a good many others who found it simply funny to call Heyst the Spider-behind hisback, of course. He was as serenely unconscious of this as of his several other nicknames. But soonpeople found other things to say of Heyst; not long afterwards he came very much to the fore inlarger affairs. He blossomed out into something definite. He filled the public eye as the manager onthe spot of the Tropical Belt Coal Company with offices in London and Amsterdam, and otherthings about it that sounded and looked grandiose. The offices in the two capitals may haveconsisted-and probably did-of one room in each; but at that distance, out East there, all this hadan air. We were more puzzled than dazzled, it is true; but even the most sober-minded among usbegan to think that there was something in it. The Tesmans appointed agents, a contract forgovernment mail-boats secured, the era of steam beginning for the islands-a great stride forward-Heyst's stride!And all this sprang from the meeting of the cornered Morrison and of the wandering Heyst, which may or may not have been the direct outcome of a prayer. Morrison was not an imbecile, buthe seemed to have got himself into a state of remarkable haziness as to his exact position towardsHeyst. For, if Heyst had been sent with money in his pocket by a direct decree of the Almighty inanswer to Morrison's prayer then there was no reason for special gratitude, since obviously he couldnot help himself. But Morrison believed both, in the efficacy of prayer and in the infinite goodnessof Heyst. He thanked God with awed sincerity for his mercy, and could not thank Heyst enough forthe service rendered as between man and man. In this (highly creditable) tangle of strong feelingsMorrison's gratitude insisted on Heyst's partnership in the great discovery. Ultimately we heard thatMorrison had gone home through the Suez Canal in order to push the magnificent coal ideapersonally in London. He parted from his brig and disappeared from our ken; but we heard that hehad written a letter or letters to Heyst, saying that London was cold and gloomy; that he did not likeeither the men or things, that he was "as lonely as a crow in a strange country." In truth, he pinedafter the Capricorn-I don't mean only the tropic; I mean the ship too. Finally he went intoDorsetshire to see his people, caught a bad cold, and died with extraordinary precipitation in thebosom of his appalled family. Whether his exertions in the City of London had enfeebled his vitalityI don't know; but I believe it was this visit which put life into the coal idea. Be it as it may, theTropical Belt Coal Company was born very shortly after Morrison, the victim of gratitude and hisnative climate, had gone to join his forefathers in a Dorsetshire churchyard
Victory
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
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Victory
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2014-02
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