Brotherhood of Heroes: the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 -- The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War 0743284607, 9780743284608

A Band of Brothersfor the Pacific, this is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most f

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Brotherhood of Heroes: the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 -- The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War
0743284607, 9780743284608

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Sloan
Bill

Table of contents :
Intro
Cover
Colophon
Also by Bill Sloan
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
1. Old Breed, New Blood
2. A Rest Camp from Hell
3. The Road to Peleliu
4. Sea of Chaos
Isle of Fire
5. The White Beaches Turn Red
6. A Bloody Nose at the Airfield
7. Point of No Return
8. Death and Denial
9. Hills, Horrors, and Heroes
10. North Through Sniper Alley
11. Nightmare on Ngesebus
12. Picking Satan's Pocket
13. A Stinking, Timeless Void
14. Lost Leaders and Fallen Friends
15. Legion of the Almost-Damned
16. Next Stop: Okinawa
Epilogue
Sources and Notes
Bibliography Author's NoteIndex
About the Author
Photographs

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