"Semper Fi, Mac" brings to life the Marines of World War II - the tough, battle-trained troops who stormed the beaches of Bouganville, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa - in some of the bitterest and bloodiest fighting of the war. Compiled from over seventy-five interviews with surviving officers and enlisted men, these powerful firsthand accounts give us a soldier's-eye portrait of the Marine Pacific war experience - the camaraderie, the women, the loneliness, the fear - and the profound emotional as well as spiritual ...
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"Semper Fi, Mac" brings to life the Marines of World War II - the tough, battle-trained troops who stormed the beaches of Bouganville, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa - in some of the bitterest and bloodiest fighting of the war. Compiled from over seventy-five interviews with surviving officers and enlisted men, these powerful firsthand accounts give us a soldier's-eye portrait of the Marine Pacific war experience - the camaraderie, the women, the loneliness, the fear - and the profound emotional as well as spiritual rewards that resulted.
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