Into the rising sun /
These veterans were often the first in and the last out of every conflict, from Guadalcanal and Burma to the Philippines and the black sands of Iwo Jima. They faced a cruel enemy willing to try anything, including kamikaze flights and human-guided torpedoes. As O'Donnell explains in the introdu...
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ashland, OR :
Blackstone Audiobooks,
[2002]
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| Summary: | These veterans were often the first in and the last out of every conflict, from Guadalcanal and Burma to the Philippines and the black sands of Iwo Jima. They faced a cruel enemy willing to try anything, including kamikaze flights and human-guided torpedoes. As O'Donnell explains in the introduction, most of the men in this book were at first reticent to talk. Over the course of the war, they had spearheaded D-Day-sized beach assaults, encountered cannibalism, suffered friendly-fire incidents, and endured torture as prisoners of war. Heroes among heroes, they include many recipients of the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, and other medals of battlefield valor, but none bragged about it. As one soldier put it, "When somebody gets decorated, it's because a lot of other men died." |
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| Item Description: | Unabridged. Compact discs. Sound recording. |
| Physical Description: | 8 sound disc (9.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 0786195371 9780786195374 |