Battleground Pacific : A Marine Riflemans Combat Odyssey in K/3/5

English

ISBN: 1250005051

EAN: 9781250005052

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Military/History / Military / World War Ii/

Publisher: St. Martins Press

Release Date: 05/11/2012

Synopsis: Battleground Pacific is a dramatic under the helmet view of some of the worst action of the Pacific War, from the seldom-seem perspective of a rifleman at the point of attack. Sterling Maces unit was part of the so-called K-3-5 (for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment of the fabled 1st Marine Division), famously depicted in HBOs The Pacific, as well as several bestselling accounts of the war. But this powerfully wrought memoir stands proudly with the best of all of them. Its filled with indelible moments, from his love of his oldest sister, who died of polio when he was four, to his run-in with the law that led to his enlistment. But mostly, this is a combat tale--as violent and harrowing as any thats come before. Mace traces his path to learning that killing another human comes just as easily as staying alive, and that bravery often equates to stupidity, leading to the death of close friends, but that life goes on, with death on its heels. Battleground Pacific will stand as one of the most important and entertaining memoirs about the Pacific theater in WWII.

Battleground Pacific : A Marine Riflemans Combat Odyssey in K/3/5

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.3 inches

Width: 6.49 inches

Length: 9.43 inches

Weight: 20.11 oz

Pages: 352