From the bestselling author of Devotion, now a Major Motion Picture,
comes an unflinching firsthand chronicle of the heroic US Marines who
fought on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and in other pivotal battles
during the Pacific War, a classic book now expanded with new stories
from the flyboys overhead and the home front at war.
Following fifteen Marines from Pearl Harbor, through their battles with
the Japanese, to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus
Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words
of the men who fought on the front lines. With vivid, unforgettable
detail, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an
implacable enemy, the camaraderie they found, the friends they lost, and
the aftermath of the war's impact on their lives.
With unprecedented access to the veterans, rare photographs, and
unpublished memoirs, Voices of the Pacific presents true stories of
heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R.V.
Burgin, and Chuck Tatum--whose exploits were featured in the classic HBO
miniseries The Pacific--and their Marine buddies from the legendary
1st Marine Division.