We were going to win, or die there: with the Marines at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan
by Lieutenant Colonel Roy H. Elrod, USMC; edited by Fred H. Allison
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Denton : University of North Texas Press, [2017]
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- Table of Contents:
- Muleshoe to Texas A&M : growing up in Texas, 1920s and 1930s
- The old Corps : USMC boot camp, 1940-1941
- Eighth Marines : preparing to fight
- Exotic Samoa : defending the southern lifeline
- Guadalcanal : we were living like animals
- New Zealand : paradise found
- Tarawa : hell realized
- Hawaii : recovery and preparing for the next show
- Saipan : "We were there to kill Japs"
- Death came near : wounded and recovery
- Epilogue.
- Author/Creator:
- Elrod, Roy H., 1919-2016 , author
- Contributors:
- Allison, Fred H., 1950- , editor
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Call Numbers:
- VE25.E47 A3 2017
- ISBNs:
- 9781574416893 (hardback, alk. paper)
1574416898 - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2017024792
- OCLC Numbers:
- 987047842