Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 -- The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War
Bill Sloan
Language: English
Pages: 400
ISBN: 0743260090
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Documents the experiences of the First Marine Division at Peleliu between September 15 and October 15, 1944, a battle during which U.S. Pacific forces suffered their highest number of casualties, in an account based on interviews with veteran survivors. 50,000 first printing.
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Pretty much out of the question. No Marine general had ever been stripped of his command during combat, and such a step would stir up a storm at Corps headquarters and almost surely end Rupertus’s military career. The second option would also endanger Rupertus’s future, trigger political upheaval in Washington, and possibly give Geiger himself a black eye. Besides, Geiger was convinced that Japanese resistance was at the point of final collapse. Within a day or two—perhaps even a few hours—he.
Shrapnel embedded in both knees, and with two Purple Hearts tucked away among his souvenirs, WILLIAM J. LEYDEN returned to Long Island in 1946 after months in various hospitals. Not quite twenty years old—although far more mature than the headstrong youngster who’d joined the Marines on his seventeenth birthday—Leyden’s thirst for adventure was still unquenched. Consequently, he shunned routine civilian jobs and parlayed an engaging personality and natural athleticism into a lengthy career as a.
Tension among the Marines as the countdown to H-hour progressed and the amtracks carrying the invasion force headed for the beaches. Additional interviews with Edgar Brown, Miller, and Womack conveyed the confusion and carnage encountered by the Marines during their first chaotic minutes ashore. Numerous books helped provide a broad overview of the landing of the first waves of assault troops on Peleliu that morning. Among them are Gailey’s Peleliu, 1944, Gayle’s Bloody Beaches: The Marines at.
And shell fire. The pillbox was divided into a number of compartments, each separated from the rest by thick concrete walls and connected by small passages. Each compartment was designed to hold three or four soldiers, and each was equipped with its own gun ports to the outside. Without the tank’s 75 and Womack’s flamethrower, Burgin realized, the bunker’s occupants might have held out for hours, even days. Burgin counted at least ten enemy bodies littering the floor of the various.
Weighted down by weariness and almost oblivious to his surroundings. It was just after nightfall, but Womack no longer cared whether it was morning or evening. He thought he’d heard somebody say that today was October 5, but he wasn’t sure. He had no interest in the date, anyway. Likewise, it made no difference to Womack which of the ridges 3/5 would attack the next day or which cave would become his flamethrower’s next target. The ridges all looked alike now, and the days all felt the same.