Millvilles Mac The Life Story Of A World War Ii Combat Marine

Author : John J. McNamara
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312293659
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MILLVILLE'S MAC - The Life Story Of A World War II Combat Marine written by John J. McNamara and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the life story of a man who lived his life, served his country, and loved his family. The compelling stories are everyone's stories weaving in Americana, baseball, hunting and, above all, the real-life war.

Author : Henry Berry
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780688149567
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Semper Fi, Mac written by Henry Berry and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1996-10-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semper Fi, Mac brings to life the Marines of World War II -- the tough, battle-trained troops who stormed the beaches of Bougainville, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa -- in some of the bitterest and bloodiest fighting of the war. Compilied 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. Former machine gunners, riflemen, mortarmen, and engineers share the horrifying and humorous stories that defined their days in the Pacific. Through this filter of recollection, one truism is reflected time and again: "there is no such thing as an ex-Marine." A tour-de-force that pays tribute to the spirit of the nation's premier fighting force, Semper Fi, Mac is a multifaceted portrayl of men, war, bravery, honor -- and, as "The Marines' Hymn" so proudly proclaims, fidelity to the military tradition that inspired them.

Author : Geoffrey Roecker
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving Mac Behind written by Geoffrey Roecker and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My first telegram came Sep. 3 1942 that my son was missing in action. And the next telegram came Aug. 18 1943 that he was Declared Dead. Till this day I do not know what happened to him." Mrs. Ann M. Lyons, August 7, 1957. Between 1942 and 1944, nearly four hundred Marines virtually vanished in the jungles, seas, and skies of Guadalcanal. They were the victims of enemy ambushes and friendly fire, hard fighting and poor planning, their deaths witnessed by dozens or not at all. They were buried in field graves, in cemeteries as unknowns, or left where they fell. They were classified as "missing," as "not recovered," as "presumed dead." And in the years that followed, their families wondered at their fates and how an administrative decision could close the book on sons, brothers, and husbands without healing the wounds left by their absence. 'Leaving Mac Behind' reconstructs the lives, last moments, and legacies of some of these men. Original records, eyewitness accounts, and recent discoveries shed new light on the lost graves of Guadalcanal's missing Marines--and the ongoing efforts to bring them home.

Author : Henry Berry
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425086230
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Semper Fi Mac written by Henry Berry and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1985-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Author : William Manchester
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316054631
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goodbye, Darkness written by William Manchester and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This emotional and honest novel recounts a young man's experiences during World War II and digs deep into what he and his fellow soldiers lived through during those dark times. The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book." --William L. Shirer

Author : Carole Engle Avriett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684511305
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marine Raiders written by Carole Engle Avriett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the beginning of World War II, the U.S. Marines set out to form the most ruthless, skilled, and effective fighters the world had ever seen, a select group to conduct special operations at the highest level in the Pacific theater. They were known as the Marine Raiders....Marksmen, brawlers, and tacticians, the Marine Raiders could accomplish their objective before the enemy even knew they were there."--Book jacket.

Author : George McMillan
Publisher : Zenger Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780892010523
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old Breed written by George McMillan and published by Zenger Pub. This book was released on 1979 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dana T. Hughes Corporal Usmcr Ret
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781432710200
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old Breed written by Dana T. Hughes Corporal Usmcr Ret and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Marine's World War II THE OLD BREED . . . is the saga of a naive high school graduate, long hoping to become a Marine, who enlisted in the dark, gloomy days immediately following the overwhelming Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The memoir details Dana T. Hughes' traumatic experience overcoming the challenges of Marine boot camp at Parris Island, SC. It then follows him through advanced combat training in both barrage balloons as well as special weapons before his outfit was shipped across the Pacific in mid-1942. After a short but idyllic tour in New Zealand, Hughes' unit was quickly detailed north into harms way. This included seven months combat in the malaria-infested, starvation islands of Guadalcanal and Tulagi followed, months later, by transfer to a new outfit in New Zealand for advanced 90 mm AAA gun training. Hughes soon found himself on his way back to the Solomon Islands and was quickly immersed in the heavy fire of the Marine Corps' 1 November '43 landing on Bougainville, where he campaigned for another seven months. Finally, by Fall, 1944, Hughes had put in the time overseas required by the Marine Corps for rotation Stateside, so that--in his words--in early November, he was surprised to reach "My front door in '44."

Author : Pat Meid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II. written by Pat Meid and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fred Haynes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410412287
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lions of Iwo Jima written by Fred Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We Walk by Faith" offers a heart-thumping blend of narrative history and memoir--by a survivor and a military historian--that puts a human face on one of the great battles of World War II and the men who fought in it.