The Long Road of War: A Marine's Story of Pacific CombatU of Nebraska Press, 2000 M02 1 - 178 pages 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. |
Contents
My Introduction to the Corps I | 1 |
On to Australia | 19 |
New Guinea and the Jungle | 36 |
My First Good | 44 |
A Lull before the Storm | 68 |
Return to Pavuvu | 114 |
The Last Invasion | 122 |
Home | 163 |
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References to this book
Semper Fi: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle Clint Willis No preview available - 2003 |