Islands of the Damned: A Marine at war in the Pacific [Audiobook] download free by R V Burgin
- Listen audiobook: Islands of the Damned: A Marine at war in the Pacific
- Author: R V Burgin
- Release date: 2012/5/14
- Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM INC
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9780451232267
- Rating: 8.19 of 10
- Votes: 463
- Review by: Byron Mcmillan
- Review rating: 9.25 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/27
- Duration: 3H59M11S in 256 kbps (64 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-04
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG-4 SLS, MP3, FLAC, MPEG4, OPUS, TTA, WAV, WMA (compression TGZ, BZ2, CBR, RAR, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 320
- Includes a PDF summary of 29 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 21M20S (5.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The true story of R.V. Burgin, the real-life World War II Marine Corps hero featured in HBO(R)'s The Pacific. 'Read his story and marvel at the man...and those like him.'-Tom HanksWhen a young Texan named R.V. Burgin joined the Marines 1942, he never imagined what was waiting for him a world away in the Pacific. There, amid steamy jungles, he encountered a ferocious and desperate enemy in the Japanese, engaging them in some of the most grueling and deadly fights of the war. In this remarkable memoir, Burgin reveals his life as a special breed of Marine. Schooled by veterans who had endured the cauldron of Guadalcanal, Burgin's company soon confronted snipers, repulsed jungle ambushes, encountered abandoned corpses of hara-kiri victims, and warded off howling banzai attacks as they island-hopped from one bloody battle to the next. In his two years at war, Burgin rose from a green private to a seasoned sergeant, fighting from New Britain through Peleliu and on to Okinawa, where he earned a Bronze Star for valor. With unforgettable drama and an understated elegance, Burgin's gripping narrative stands alongside those of classic Pacific chroniclers like Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge-indeed, Burgin was even Sledge's platoon sergeant. Here is a deeply moving account of World War II, bringing to life the hell that was the Pacific War.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military, History Of The Americas, Biography: Historical, Political & Military, Memoirs, World War 2 Books
- Download servers: Uploaded, FreakShare, BitShare, FileServe, 700 files, KATCR, Dropbox. Compressed in TGZ, BZ2, CBR, RAR, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 18.52 USD
- Dimensions: 155x228x18mm
- Weight: 322g
- Printed by: New American Library
- Published in: United States
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