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Bataan (Philippines : Province) Histoire militaire Bataille de Bataan, Philippines, 1942 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Philippines Military campaigns Philippines Philippines Bataan (Province) Sailors Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-2001 Survival United StatesFilter By Subjects
Bataan (Philippines : Province) Histoire militaire Bataille de Bataan, Philippines, 1942 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Philippines Military campaigns Philippines Philippines Bataan (Province) Sailors Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-2001 Survival United StatesSledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant)
Summary: As a society, America needs from time to time to question the conduct of its foreign relations. WITH THE OLD BREED, by Eugene B. Sledge, provides the ultimate "reality check" by serving as a graphic reminder of the horrors America has periodically required its young men to endure for the higher cause of defending freedom. The battles of Peleliu (1944) and Okinawa (1945) were particularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1996
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Summary: "The loss of the Philippine Islands to Japan in 1942 was the greatest military defeat in the history of the United States. The Expendable is the gripping true story of one sailor's struggle to survive this opening battle of WWII in the Pacific. As smoke billows skyward from Pearl Harbor, Japan throws its military might against the outnumbered and under-equipped Filipino forces. When the U.S....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020