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Their backs against the sea : the battle of Saipan and the largest banzai attack of World War II /

In the midst of the largest banzai attack of the war, US Army Lt. Col. William O'Brien, grievously wounded and out of ammunition, grabbed a sabre from a fallen Japanese soldier and flailed away at a small army of assailants, screaming to his men, "Don't give them a damn inch!" Wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sloan, Bill, 1935- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Da Capo Press, [2017]
Edition:	First Da Capo Press edition.
Subjects:	United States. > Marine Corps > History > World War, 1939-1945. Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944. HISTORY / Military / United States. HISTORY / Military / World War II.

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