The Resource Brotherhood of heroes : the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War, Bill Sloan
Brotherhood of heroes : the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War, Bill Sloan
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- "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."
- "Misled by faulty intelligence, the 9,000 Marine infantrymen who landed on Peleliu's beaches under withering enemy fire found themselves facing 11,000 Japanese embedded in an intricate network of caves and underground fortifications unrivaled in the history of warfare. At the heart of the Japanese defensive system was a maze of sheer cliffs and deep ravines known collectively as the Umurbrogol plateau. Endless strings of ridges bristled with concealed artillery, mortars, machine guns, and riflemen, making every inch of contested ground a potential death trap for Marines."
- "Bill Sloan's narrative weaves together the experiences of the men who were there, producing a tableau of the twenty-four-hour-a-day nightmare of Peleliu - a melee of nonstop infantry attacks, ferocious hand-to-hand fighting, night assaults, and exhausting forced marches in temperatures that topped 115 degrees. With casualties in some infantry units averaging more than sixty percent, Peleliu ranks with the bloodiest battles in the Corps' history. Exemplifying these staggering losses was K Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (K/3/5), on whose gallant officers and enlisted men the narrative focuses from the initial assault on the beaches to the horrific struggle for the Umurbrogol's crags and crevices."
- "Surprisingly, Peleliu received little public notice back in the States even as it was being fought and was virtually forgotten after the war, despite elements of controversy that are still debated by military strategists today. The invasion was ordered by Army General Douglas MacArthur to protect his flank as he launched his campaign to recapture the Philippines. But many experts believed then - and still maintain today - that the bloodshed at Peleliu was needless and that the island could have been safely bypassed."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Prologue
- Old Breed, New Blood
- A Rest Camp from Hell
- The Road to Peleliu
- Sea of Chaos; Isle of Fire
- The White Beaches Turn Red
- A Bloody Nose at the Airfield
- Point of No Return
- Death and Denial
- Hills, Horrors, and Heroes
- North Through Sniper Alley
- Nightmare on Ngesebus
- Picking Satan's Pocket
- A Stinking, Timeless Void
- Lost Leaders and Fallen Friends
- Legion of the Almost-Damned
- Next Stop: Okinawa
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780743260091
- Label
- Brotherhood of heroes : the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War
- Title
- Brotherhood of heroes
- Title remainder
- the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Sloan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "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."
- "Misled by faulty intelligence, the 9,000 Marine infantrymen who landed on Peleliu's beaches under withering enemy fire found themselves facing 11,000 Japanese embedded in an intricate network of caves and underground fortifications unrivaled in the history of warfare. At the heart of the Japanese defensive system was a maze of sheer cliffs and deep ravines known collectively as the Umurbrogol plateau. Endless strings of ridges bristled with concealed artillery, mortars, machine guns, and riflemen, making every inch of contested ground a potential death trap for Marines."
- "Bill Sloan's narrative weaves together the experiences of the men who were there, producing a tableau of the twenty-four-hour-a-day nightmare of Peleliu - a melee of nonstop infantry attacks, ferocious hand-to-hand fighting, night assaults, and exhausting forced marches in temperatures that topped 115 degrees. With casualties in some infantry units averaging more than sixty percent, Peleliu ranks with the bloodiest battles in the Corps' history. Exemplifying these staggering losses was K Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (K/3/5), on whose gallant officers and enlisted men the narrative focuses from the initial assault on the beaches to the horrific struggle for the Umurbrogol's crags and crevices."
- "Surprisingly, Peleliu received little public notice back in the States even as it was being fought and was virtually forgotten after the war, despite elements of controversy that are still debated by military strategists today. The invasion was ordered by Army General Douglas MacArthur to protect his flank as he launched his campaign to recapture the Philippines. But many experts believed then - and still maintain today - that the bloodshed at Peleliu was needless and that the island could have been safely bypassed."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sloan, Bill
- Dewey number
- 940.54/266
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D767.99.P4
- LC item number
- S66 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
- United States
- United States
- Peleliu
- Label
- Brotherhood of heroes : the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War, Bill Sloan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-368) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Old Breed, New Blood -- A Rest Camp from Hell -- The Road to Peleliu -- Sea of Chaos; Isle of Fire -- The White Beaches Turn Red -- A Bloody Nose at the Airfield -- Point of No Return -- Death and Denial -- Hills, Horrors, and Heroes -- North Through Sniper Alley -- Nightmare on Ngesebus -- Picking Satan's Pocket -- A Stinking, Timeless Void -- Lost Leaders and Fallen Friends -- Legion of the Almost-Damned -- Next Stop: Okinawa -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 57236282
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743260091
- Lccn
- 2004065316
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57236282
- Label
- Brotherhood of heroes : the Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War, Bill Sloan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-368) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Old Breed, New Blood -- A Rest Camp from Hell -- The Road to Peleliu -- Sea of Chaos; Isle of Fire -- The White Beaches Turn Red -- A Bloody Nose at the Airfield -- Point of No Return -- Death and Denial -- Hills, Horrors, and Heroes -- North Through Sniper Alley -- Nightmare on Ngesebus -- Picking Satan's Pocket -- A Stinking, Timeless Void -- Lost Leaders and Fallen Friends -- Legion of the Almost-Damned -- Next Stop: Okinawa -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 57236282
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743260091
- Lccn
- 2004065316
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57236282
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