Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5

5 best books like Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 (Sterling Mace): Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific, To Hell and Back, A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight, Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island, Jack & Jill

Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Author

Robert Leckie

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC

Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his journey, from boot camp on Parris...

To Hell and Back

Author	Audie Murphy
ISBN	0805070869

The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in print in a trade paperback

Originally published in 1949, To Hell and Back was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More...

A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight

Author	Robert J. Mrazek
ISBN	0316021393

One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical victories at Midway and Guadalcanal. These 35 American men--many flying outmoded aircraft--changed...

Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island

Author	Bill Sloan
ISBN	0553381946

A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first American battle of World War II: the battle for Wake Island. Based on firsthand accounts from long-lost survivors who have emerged to tell about it, this stirring tale of the “Alamo of the Pacific” will...

Jack & Jill

Author

Kealan Patrick Burke

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here.

A NEW NOVELLA FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TURTLE BOY & KIN.

When they were kids, Gillian and John used to visit the local cemetery every Sunday after church. It was a curious place for children to frequent, but they had their reasons. The main...