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Author: Philip Martin McCaulay Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 055734574X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 70
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On October 24-25, 1942, Marine Sergeant John Basilone was in charge of two sections of heavy machine guns defending a narrow pass to Henderson Airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Although vastly outnumbered, Manila John and his fellow Marines checked the assault by the Japanese. For that, Sgt. Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor and sent back to the states to appear at war-bond rallies. He toured the country and met Hollywood starlets. His picture made the cover of Life magazine. But Sergeant Basilone was unsatisfied back home and volunteered to return to combat, ending up at Iwo Jima. Under heavy artillery fire on February 19, 1945, he singlehandedly took out an enemy blockhouse. Minutes later, he and four others in his platoon died in an artillery blast. Sergeant Basilone was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart, making him the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive all three medals.
Author: Philip Martin McCaulay Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 055734574X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 70
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On October 24-25, 1942, Marine Sergeant John Basilone was in charge of two sections of heavy machine guns defending a narrow pass to Henderson Airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Although vastly outnumbered, Manila John and his fellow Marines checked the assault by the Japanese. For that, Sgt. Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor and sent back to the states to appear at war-bond rallies. He toured the country and met Hollywood starlets. His picture made the cover of Life magazine. But Sergeant Basilone was unsatisfied back home and volunteered to return to combat, ending up at Iwo Jima. Under heavy artillery fire on February 19, 1945, he singlehandedly took out an enemy blockhouse. Minutes later, he and four others in his platoon died in an artillery blast. Sergeant Basilone was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart, making him the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive all three medals.
Author: Jim Proser Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0312611447 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 353
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This authorized biography of World War II hero John Basilone--who held off 3,000 Japanese troops after his unit was reduced to three men--is being published to coincide with Steven Spielberg's HBO miniseries, "The Pacific." Illustrations throughout.
Author: Michael P. Spradlin Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 9781250157171 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 112
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John Basilone (1916–1945) was a U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant. In October 1942, he took part in the Battle of Henderson Field in Guadacanal. After Japanese forces left Basilone's battalion with only two men standing and critically low on ammunition, he single-handedly battled his way through hostile lines to deliver shells to his gunners, enough to virtually annihilate the enemy forces. Later killed in action on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima, he was World War II's only enlisted Marine to receive both the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. This is the fourth nonfiction middle-grade book in the Medal of Honor series, which profiles the courage and accomplishments of recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest and most prestigious personal military decoration, awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary acts of valor.
Author: James Brady Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN: 0470535555 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 245
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From New York Times bestselling author James Brady-the story of Marine legend John Basilone, one of three main characters in HBO's The Pacific Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone was a Marine legend who received the Medal of Honor for holding off 3,000 Japanese on Guadalcanal and the Navy Cross posthumously for his bravery on Iwo Jima. This is the story of how a young man from Raritan, New Jersey, became one of America's biggest World War II heroes. Profiles one of three main characters in HBO's The Pacific, the successful sequel to the popular mini-series Band of Brothers "A carefully reported, briskly written book . . . that could go a long way toward correcting . . . historical oversight." –The Los Angeles Times Sorts through the differing accounts of Basilone's life and exploits, including what he did on Iwo Jima and how he died The final book by James Brady, the Korean War veteran and well-known columnist and author of books that include Why Marines Fight and an autobiography, The Coldest War, a Pulitzer Prize finalist An incredible story masterfully told, Hero of the Pacific will appeal to anyone with an interest in World War II and military history as well as fans of HBO's The Pacific.
Author: Michael P. Spradlin Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 9781250157188 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 144
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A nonfiction chapter book about the heroic actions of John Basilone, a U.S. Marine in the Pacific theatre of WWII, part of Michael P. Spradlin's Medal of Honor series. John Basilone (1916–1945) was a U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant. In October 1942, he took part in the Battle of Henderson Field in Guadalcanal. After Japanese forces left Basilone's battalion with only two men standing and critically low on ammunition, he single-handedly battled his way through hostile lines to deliver shells to his gunners, enough to virtually annihilate the enemy forces. Later killed in action on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima, Basilone was World War II's only enlisted Marine to receive both the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. This is the fourth nonfiction middle-grade book in Michael P. Spradlin's Medal of Honor series, which profiles the courage and accomplishments of recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest and most prestigious personal military decoration, awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary acts of valor.
Author: James H Hallas Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 0811765288 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 421
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The epic Battle of Iwo Jima is recounted through the stories of twenty-eight American soldiers who showed uncommon valor during one of WWII’s most bitter conflicts. When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March of 1945, nineteen-thousand American Marines had been wounded and seven-thousand were dead, a casualty rate of nearly thirty-nine percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines’ bloodiest battle of the Second World War and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history. This volume captures the bravery of those who fought in that epic battle through the stories of twenty-two Marines and five Navy personnel who received the Medal of Honor in recognition of their gallantry under fire.
Author: Robert Hargis Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1782002065 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 174
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The Medal of Honor is the highest military award that can be bestowed on personnel in the United States' Armed Forces. This book is the first of two titles looking at the recipients of the Medal of Honor during World War II. It covers Navy and Marine Corps awardees in all theaters of war, from the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the brutal fighting on Iwo Jima in 1945. Among the inspiring stories told are those of Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro, the only Coast Guardsman to ever receive the Medal of Honor, and Commander Antrim, who faced almost certain death to save fellow prisoners in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Author: Adam Makos Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0425257835 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 418
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Spearhead and A Higher Call comes an unflinching, brutal, and relentless firsthand chronicle of United States Marine Corps' actions in the Pacific during World War 2. Following fifteen Marines from the Pearl Harbor attack, through 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 unflinching honesty, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found--and 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 HBO(R) miniseries, The Pacific--and their Marine buddies from the legendary 1st Marine Division. Includes rare photos
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