Pacific
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ambrose, Hugh, PUBLISHER: Canongate Books, In this companion to ong>theong> HBO(r) miniseries-executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman-Hugh Ambrose reveals ong>theong> intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II. Between America's retreat from China in late November and ong>theong> moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on ong>theong> Japanese mainland in August of , five men connected by happenstance fought ong>theong> key battles of ong>theong> war against Japan. From ong>theong> debacle in Bataan, to ong>theong> miracle at Midway and ong>theong> relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, ong>theong>ir solemn oaths to ong>theong>ir country later led one to ong>theong> Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and ong>theong> oong>theong>rs to ong>theong> coral strongholds of Peleliu, ong>theong> black terraces of Iwo Jima and ong>theong> killing fields of Okinawa, until at last ong>theong> survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home. In "ong>Theong> Pacific," Hugh Ambrose focuses on ong>theong> real-life stories of ong>theong> five men who put ong>theong>ir lives on ong>theong> line for our country. To deepen ong>theong> story revealed in ong>theong> miniseries and go beyond it, ong>theong> book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as ong>Theong> Pacific and ong>theong> brave men who fought. Some considered war a profession, oong>theong>rs enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of ong>theong> war, but ong>theong>ir respective duties required every ounce of ong>theong>ir courage and ong>theong>ir strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. ong>Theong> medals for valor which were pinned on three of ong>theong>m came at a shocking price-a price paid in full by all.