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

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

"Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Division suffered more than 6,500 casualties fighting on a hellish little coral island in the Pacific. Peleliu was the scene of one of the most savage no-quarter struggles of modern times, one that has been all but forgotten - until n...

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Main Author: Sloan, Bill, 1935-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2005.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps > History > World War, 1939-1945.
United States. > Marine Corps.
United States. > Marine Corps > History > World War II.
USA > Marinekorps.
Peleliu, Battle of (Palau : > 1944)
World War > (1939-1945)
1939-1945
Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
Palau.
Peleliu > Schlacht.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Old Breed, New Blood
  • A Rest Camp from Hell
  • The Road to Peleliu
  • Sea of Chaos; Isle of Fire
  • The White Beaches Turn Red
  • A Bloody Nose at the Airfield
  • Point of No Return
  • Death and Denial
  • Hills, Horrors, and Heroes
  • North Through Sniper Alley
  • Nightmare on Ngesebus
  • Picking Satan's Pocket
  • A Stinking, Timeless Void
  • Lost Leaders and Fallen Friends
  • Legion of the Almost-Damned
  • Next Stop: Okinawa
  • Epilogue.

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