A Special Valor by Richard Wheeler

A Special Valor by Richard Wheeler

If the U.S. Marines gave birth to a legend in the halls of Montezuma in the nineteenth century, they added glorious luster to it with their heroism and victories against the Japanese in World War I. For this vivid, foxhole view of the Marines' war, Richard Wheeler draws extensively on frontline eyewitness accounts of Marines and combat journalists and backs up their stories with official U.S. action reports and captured Japanese materials. First published in 1983, the book has earned praise as a popular, one-volume history of all the battles fought by the Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign. The book describes in fascinating and exciting detail the heroic defense of Wake Island against an overwhelming enemy assault force. It traces the long bloody battle for Guadalcanal that brought the Marines their first victory and gave America and its allies control of the strategically important Soloman Islands. It follows the painful, island-by-island counterattack toward the Japanese homeland when the Marines created new legends at such places as Bougainville, Saipan, Tarawa, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Here are the remarkable exploits of the Marines holding off Japanese assault waves at Heartbreak Ridge, storming across coral reefs, and struggling up the slopes of Mount Suribachi to raise the Stars and Stripes. Some sixty-five photographs enhance the book, which is now available in paperback for the first time.

Richard Wheeler has written four other books on the Civil War: Voices of the Civil War, The Siege of Vicksburg, Sherman’s March, and Sword over Richmond.

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ISBN 13	9781591149378
ISBN 10	1591149371
Title	A Special Valor
Author	Richard Wheeler
Series	Bluejacket Bks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Naval Institute Press
Year published	2013-11-30
Number of pages	480
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.