Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Beyond: A Mud Marine's Memoir of the Pacific Island War (Electronic book text)

Chronicling the growth of a recruit from boot camp at Parris Island, South ?Carolina, to a seasoned troop leader, this memoir also relates the experiences of the 200 marines in A Company, First Battalion, Second Marines, as they engaged in island warfare in the South Pacific at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian.