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Brotherhood of heroes : the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War

Bill Sloan
"Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Division suffered more than 6,500 casualties fighting on a hellish little coral island in the Pacific. Peleliu was the scene of one of the most savage no-quarter struggles of modern times, one that has been all but forgotten - until now. Drawing on extensive interviews with Marine veterans, Bill Sloan follows a small group of young Americans through this incredibly vicious campaign and rescues their heroism on Peleliu from obscurity."

Print Book, English, ©2005
Simon & Schuster, New York, ©2005