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The Pacific
Book • 2010
The Pacific, written by Hugh Ambrose, is a companion book to the HBO miniseries of the same name.
It details the struggles and triumphs of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot during World War II in the Pacific region.
The book is based on hundreds of hours of testimony, diaries, letters, and memoirs, and it tells the true stories of men who fought against a formidable enemy, endured hardship and humiliation in POW camps, and witnessed significant casualties.
The narrative follows the intertwined journeys of these soldiers from their first battles on Guadalcanal through to their return home after V-J Day.
It details the struggles and triumphs of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot during World War II in the Pacific region.
The book is based on hundreds of hours of testimony, diaries, letters, and memoirs, and it tells the true stories of men who fought against a formidable enemy, endured hardship and humiliation in POW camps, and witnessed significant casualties.
The narrative follows the intertwined journeys of these soldiers from their first battles on Guadalcanal through to their return home after V-J Day.
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