Coral Comes High is Captain George P. Hunt's account of what happened to
himself and his company during the initial stages of the Peleliu
invasion by the US Marines during World War 2. The company sustains
terrible casualties and is isolated in a seemingly hopeless position for
a nightmare forty-eight hours. Outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy,
they beat off all attacks and seize the Point with a courage which is at
the same time matter-of-fact and almost superhuman.