Summary
A profile of the only World War II Marine to win the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart parallels his career with notable World War II memoirists while tracing his significant achievements at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. Full description
Summary: |
A profile of the only World War II Marine to win the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart parallels his career with notable World War II memoirists while tracing his significant achievements at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. |
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Physical Description: |
xii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9780312611446 0312611447 9781616641818 1616641819 |
Author Notes: |
Jim Proser 's first book, I'm Staying with My Boys , was awarded the United States Marine Corps Commandant's Recommendation. Prosner wrote and directed, with Jerry Cutter, a documentary of the same name, and I'm Staying with My Boys was used as source material for HBO's critically acclaimed, award-winning miniseries, The Pacific . |