Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Muleshoe to Texas A&M: Growing Up in Texas, 1920s and 1930s
Chapter Two: The Old Corps: USMC Boot Camp, 1940–1941
Chapter Three: Eighth Marines: Preparing to Fight
Chapter Four: Exotic Samoa: Defending the Southern Lifeline
Chapter Five: Guadalcanal: We Were Living Like Animals
Photo Gallery
Chapter Six: New Zealand: Paradise Found
Chapter Seven: Tarawa: Hell Realized
Chapter Eight: Hawaii: Recovery and Preparing for the Next Show
Chapter Nine: Saipan: “We Were There to Kill Japs”
Chapter Ten: Death Came Near: Wounded and Recovery
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index