The Long Road of War: A Marine's Story of Pacific Combat (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803276123)

James W. Johnston was a self-confessed small-town youth, who like so many others patriotically stopped what he was doing and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. Johnston chose the Marines, a decision that sent him to years of bloody combat through the Pacific as Allied troops fought their way toward the Japanese home islands. Many did not come back; of those who did, very few have told us what it was like. Johnston tells us directly and honestly, taking us with his First Marine Division through New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa.

Author: Peter Maslowski, James W. Johnston
ISBN-10: 0803276125
ISBN-13: 9780803276123
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2000
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.99w x 0.45d