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Item Details
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THE LONG ROAD OF WAR
A MARINE'S STORY OF PACIFIC COMBAT |
| By: |
James W. Johnston, Peter Maslowski (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0803276125 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780803276123 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2000 |
| Pages: |
178 |
| Description: |
The author was a self-confessed small-town youth, who like so many others patriotically stopped what he was doing and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. Johnston chose the Marines, a decision that sent him to years of bloody combat through the Pacific, as Allied troops fought their way toward the Japanese home islands. This book tells his story. |
| Synopsis: |
James W. Johnston was a self-confessed small-town youth, who like so many others patriotically stopped what he was doing and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. Johnston chose the Marines, a decision that sent him to years of bloody combat through the Pacific as Allied troops fought their way toward the Japanese home islands. Many did not come back; of those who did, very few have told us what it was like. Johnston tells us directly and honestly, taking us with his First Marine Division through New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. |
| Illustrations: |
Illus., map |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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