We Were Going to Win, or Die There
by Roy H. Elrod
edited by Fred H. Allison
University of North Texas Press, 2017
Cloth: 978-1-57441-689-3 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-700-5
Library of Congress Classification VE25.E47A3 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.545973092
TOC
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
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