Twenty Two On Peleliu


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Twenty Two On Peleliu


Twenty Two On Peleliu
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Author : George Peto
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2017-07-19

Twenty Two On Peleliu written by George Peto and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-19 with History categories.


A memoir of a tough childhood—and tough combat—by an “adventurous, lively, outspoken, opinionated” WWII Marine veteran (Columbus Dispatch). On September 15, 1944, the US First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was twenty-two-year-old George Peto. Growing up on an Ohio farm, George always preferred being outdoors and exploring. This made school a challenge, but his hunting, fishing, and trapping skills helped put food on his family’s table. As a poor teenager living in a rough area, he got into regular brawls, and he found holding down a job hard because of his wanderlust. After working out west with the CCC, he decided that joining the Marines offered him the opportunity for adventure, plus three square meals a day—so he and his brother joined the Corps in 1941, just a few months before Pearl Harbor. Following boot camp and training, he was initially assigned to various guard units until he was shipped out to the Pacific and assigned to the 1st Marines. His first combat experience was the landing at Finschhaven, followed by Cape Gloucester. Then as a Forward Observer, he went ashore in one of the lead amtracs at Peleliu and saw fierce fighting for a week before the regiment was relieved due to massive casualties. Six months later, his division became the immediate reserve for the initial landing on Okinawa. They encountered no resistance when they came ashore, but would go on to fight on Okinawa for over six months. This is the wild and remarkable story of an “Old Breed” Marine—his youth in the Great Depression, his training and combat in the Pacific, and his life after the war, told in his own words.



Twenty Two On Peleliu


Twenty Two On Peleliu
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Author : George Peto
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2021-01-31

Twenty Two On Peleliu written by George Peto and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-31 with categories.


On September 15, 1944, U.S. Marines landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu, as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was 22-year-old George Peto. This is the wild and remarkable story of an "Old Breed" Marine told in his own words.



22 On Peleliu


22 On Peleliu
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Author : George Peto
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2017

22 On Peleliu written by George Peto and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


On September 15, 1944, U.S. Marines landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu, as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was 22-year-old George Peto. This is the wild and remarkable story of an Old Breed Marine told in his own words.



With The Old Breed At Peleliu And Okinawa


With The Old Breed At Peleliu And Okinawa
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Author : Eugene Bondurant Sledge
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1990

With The Old Breed At Peleliu And Okinawa written by Eugene Bondurant Sledge and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


Memoir of the author's experience fighting in too of thebattles of the South Pacific during World War II.



Hell In The Pacific


Hell In The Pacific
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Author : Jim McEnery
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-06-11

Hell In The Pacific written by Jim McEnery and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which occurred almost seventy years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettable chronicle of heroism and horror McErery’s Rifle Company—the legendary K/3/5 of the First Marine Division, made famous by the HBO miniseries The Pacific—fought in some of the most ferocious battles of the war. In searing detail, the author takes us back to Guadalcanal, where American forces first turned the tide against the Japanese; Cape Gloucester, where 1,300 Marines were killed or wounded; and bloody Peleliu, where McEnery assumed command of the company and helped hasten the final defeat of the Japanese garrison after weeks of torturous cave-to-cave fighting. McEnery’s story is a no-holds-barred, grunt’s-eye view of the sacrifices, suffering, and raw courage of the men in the foxholes, locked in mortal combat with an implacable enemy sworn to fight to the death. From bayonet charges and hand-to-hand combat to midnight banzai attacks and the loss of close buddies, the rifle squad leader spares no details, chronicling his odyssey from boot camp through twenty-eight months of hellish combat until his eventual return home. He has given us an unforgettable portrait of men at war.



Last Man Standing


Last Man Standing
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Author : Dick Camp
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 2010-11-10

Last Man Standing written by Dick Camp and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-10 with History categories.


One of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, Operation Stalemate, as Peleliu was called, was overshadowed by the Normandy landings. It was also, in time, judged by most historians to have been unnecessary; though it had been conceived to protect MacArthur’s flank in the Philippines, the U.S. fleet’s carrier raids had eliminated Japanese airpower, rendering Peleliu irrelevant. Nevertheless, the horrifying number of casualties sustained there (71% in one battalion) foreshadowed for the rest of the war: rather than fight to the death on the beach, the Japanese would now defend in depth and bleed the Americans white. Drawing extensively on personal interviews, the Marine Corps History Division’s vast oral history and photographic collection, and many never-before-published sources, this book gives us a new and harrowing vision of what really happened at Peleliu--and what it meant. Working closely with two of the 1st Regiment’s battalion commanders--Ray Davis and Russ Honsowetz--Marine Corps veteran and military historian Dick Camp recreates the battle as it was experienced by the men and their officers. Soldiers who survived the terrible slaughter recall the brutality of combat against an implacable foe; they describe the legendary “Chesty” Puller, leading his decimated regiment against enemy fortifications; they tell of Davis, wounded but refusing evacuation while his men were under fire; and of a division commander who rejects Army reinforcements. Most of all, their richly detailed, deeply moving story is one of desperate combat in the face of almost certain failure, of valor among comrades joined against impossible odds.



Brotherhood Of Heroes


Brotherhood Of Heroes
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Author : Bill Sloan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2005

Brotherhood Of Heroes written by Bill Sloan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.


This riveting read is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious--yet largely forgotten--Pacific battle of World War II. of photos. 3 maps.



Twenty Five Best World War Two Sites


Twenty Five Best World War Two Sites
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Author : Chuck Thompson
language : en
Publisher: ASDavis Media Group
Release Date : 2002

Twenty Five Best World War Two Sites written by Chuck Thompson and has been published by ASDavis Media Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.


This indispensible guidebook leads war buffs and casual travelers alike to the 25 best battle sites, memorials, plane wrecks, and relics of World War II.



Islands Of The Damned


Islands Of The Damned
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Author : R.V. Burgin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-03-02

Islands Of The Damned written by R.V. Burgin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with History categories.


A remarkable eyewitness account of the most brutal combat of the Pacific War, from Peleliu to Okinawa, this is the true story of R.V. Burgin, the real-life World War II Marine Corps hero featured in HBO®'s The Pacific. “Read his story and marvel at the man...and those like him.”—Tom Hanks When a young Texan named R.V. Burgin joined the Marines 1942, he never imagined what was waiting for him a world away in the Pacific. There, amid steamy jungles, he encountered a ferocious and desperate enemy in the Japanese, engaging them in some of the most grueling and deadly fights of the war. In this remarkable memoir, Burgin reveals his life as a special breed of Marine. Schooled by veterans who had endured the cauldron of Guadalcanal, Burgin’s company soon confronted snipers, repulsed jungle ambushes, encountered abandoned corpses of hara-kiri victims, and warded off howling banzai attacks as they island-hopped from one bloody battle to the next. In his two years at war, Burgin rose from a green private to a seasoned sergeant, fighting from New Britain through Peleliu and on to Okinawa, where he earned a Bronze Star for valor. With unforgettable drama and an understated elegance, Burgin’s gripping narrative stands alongside those of classic Pacific chroniclers like Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge—indeed, Burgin was even Sledge’s platoon sergeant. Here is a deeply moving account of World War II, bringing to life the hell that was the Pacific War.



History Of United States Naval Operations In World War Ii


History Of United States Naval Operations In World War Ii
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Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2002-02

History Of United States Naval Operations In World War Ii written by Samuel Eliot Morison and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02 with History categories.


Volume 15: Supplement and General Index, chronicles the postwar operations of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific: the surrender of outlying Japanese garrisons, the occupation of Japan, minesweeping approaches to Japanese ports, and Operation Magic Carpet for the return of armed forces to the United States. This volume features a descriptive list of all named ships of the U.S. Navy during World War II, all types of landing, beaching, and other "lettered" craft, and types of aircraft used by the navy during the war. It also includes a list of errata and a general index to volumes 1-14.