The Long Road of War: A Marine's Story of Pacific Combat
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803225857 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Many did not come back; of those who did, very few have told us what it was like. James W. Johnston chose the Marines, a decision that sent him to years of bloody combat through the Pacific as Allied troops fought their way toward the Japanese home islands. Johnston was a self-confessed small-town youth, who like so many others patriotically stopped what he was doing and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. Johnston tells us directly and honestly, taking us with his First Marine Division through New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa.
"Johnston’s account is deeply personal. He brings forth a vivid picture of the ordeal he lived—the brutality and terror of close combat, the anger and frustration of watching buddies die in extraordinarily ghastly fashion, the filth and mind-numbing weariness of an infantryman’s existence."—Marine Corps Gazette. He recounts his extensive combat service from the perspective of what he terms a ‘flat-trajectory Marine,’ that is, one who was constantly exposed to the direct fire of enemy weapons
John E. Larsen said The high price of being a marine. This is another outstanding book by a 1st Marine Division man. Johnston served with E Co "The high price of being a marine" according to John E. Larsen. This is another outstanding book by a 1st Marine Division man. Johnston served with E Co 2nd battalion 5th Marines on Bouganville, Pelelieu and Okinawa. To his surprise he also got a campaign star for New Guinea as he doesn't recall anything happening there. Initially he is a machine gunner with the H. nd battalion 5th Marines on Bouganville, Pelelieu and Okinawa. To his surprise he also got a campaign star for New Guinea as he doesn't recall anything happening there. Initially he is a machine gunner with the H. A Customer said Top quality account and personal philosophy of war. This is an exerpt of very detailed and personal storytelling: "Home Jack Howell had been killed in the hills toward the south end of Okinawa. The night I went to see his family at their home in Pasadena, his mother answered the door andtold me, "Jack's father died of a heart attack when they brought h. Good insights Dizziey James Johnston gave a vivid, poignant and heroic account of his life with the Marines fighting in the Pacific during World War II. It was fascinating to read how it life was for the Marines in the Pacific as like he said, the media tended to focus on the European theater and thought of the Pacific the