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From Kirkus Reviews , 11/15/92:
Griffin's WW II saga of the Marines in the Pacific continues (Line of Fire, etc.), now
covering the five weeks from October 11 to November 18, 1942. This is not the place for
beginners to pick up the history, since Griffin's very big cast is in the middle of
everything. Readers who enlisted early, however, will recognize everybody. Millionaire
Marine general and WW I hero Fleming Pickering is still at the center of action. As
Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox has his eyes and ears on the Pacific battle scene; and
Pickering, who dabbled in a little hands-on warfare on Guadalcanal, is back to his staff
role, stroking Douglas MacArthur and interpreting supersecret decryptions from Japanese
radio traffic. The Americans are just barely hanging on at the Guadalcanal airfield they
grabbed from the enemy, and the Japanese want it back in the worst way. Meanwhile, the
heroic young fliers--including Pickering's dashing son, who held back the air attack in
the big battle--have been ordered back to the US to pick up some fancy medals and to star
in a cross-country savings bond drive. Hollywood megapublicist Jake Dillon, another WW I
hero serving his beloved Corps, also helped on Guadalcanal and returns to his USMC
flacking duties, bringing together glitz and guts. Very much in the middle of things. Good
military and political gossip--but little action. -- Copyright �1992, Kirkus
Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or
unavailable edition of this title.
Synopsis:
On an island in the Pacific during World War II, Major Jack Dillon struggles to succeed as
a combat correspondent and Sergeant McCoy is shocked by the brutality of battle.
Simultaneous. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this
title.
Synopsis:
On an island in the Pacific during World War II, Major Jack Dillon struggles to succeed as
a combat correspondent and Sergeant McCoy is shocked by the brutality of battle. By the
author of the ""Brotherhood of War"" series. 200,000 first printing.
$100,000 ad/promo. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this
title.
Synopsis:
This two-month New York Times bestseller brings the saga of The Corps into exciting arenas
all over the Pacific, as American forces brace to defend Guadalcanal from an all-out
effort by the Japanese to recapture the island. From Iwo Jima to Australia to Washington,
old faces and new are faced with the challenge of their lives. HC: Putnam.
Customer Comments
[email protected] , 01/30/97, rating=10:
CAUTION: once you read this book, you will NOT stop!!!!!
Book 6 of the continuing Corps series. McCoy, Banning and the others are back. SSgt.
Galloway leads his fighter squadron in a fierce air battle against the Japanese during the
first year of world war 2. i've read all 7 of the books, and am reading them again. in
reading the books, it feels like i'm just not reading the book, but reading the thoughts
of these men who came before me. i have characters i admire, and some i hate.
i try to read only for a little while, but a few minutes becomes 10 minutes, 10 minutes
become a half hour, and the next thing i know, i've been reading for 2 hours, and still
want to read more. this is not you're everyday military book. it's more.
W.E.B Griffin researches his material and for those who don't know military language very
well, or military history, he adds footnotes at the bottom of some of his pages which i
find useful. i know alot about the war, but am finding out even more through his books.
though the lives, thoughts, and some adventures of the characters are fiction, all of the
scenes, and places are are true. for anyone interested in the military, world war 2, or
just well written books, i suggest this one, as well as the other 6. Pfc Martin Lambert
([email protected]) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of
this title.
