Overview
The āDevil DogsāĀ of King Company,Ā Third Battalion, 5th Marinesāpart of the legendary 1stĀ Marine Divisionāwere among the first American soldiers to take the offensiveĀ inĀ World World IIāand also the last.
They landed on the beaches ofĀ Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in August 1942ātheĀ first US groundĀ offensive of the warāand were present when Okinawa, Japanās mostĀ southerlyĀ prefecture, finally fell to American troops after a bitter struggle in JuneĀ 1945. InĀ between they fought in the āGreen Hellā of Cape Gloucester on theĀ island of New Britain, andĀ across the coral wasteland of Peleliu in the PalauĀ Islands, a campaign described by oneĀ King Company veteran as āthirty days ofĀ the meanest, around-the-clock slaughter thatĀ desperate men can inflict on eachĀ other.ā
Ordinary men from very differentĀ backgrounds, and drawn from cities, towns, and settlementsĀ across America, the Devil Dogs were asked to do something extraordinary: take onĀ theĀ victorious Imperial Japanese Army, composed of some of the most effective,Ā āutterlyĀ ruthless and treacherousāĀ soldiers in world historyāand defeat it. ThisĀ is the story of how theyĀ did just that and, in the process, forged bonds ofĀ brotherhood that still survive today.
Remarkably, the company contained anĀ unusually high number of talented writers,Ā whose first-hand accounts and memoirs provideĀ the color, emotion,Ā and context for this extraordinary story. InĀ Devil Dogs,Ā award-winningĀ historianĀ Saul David sets the searing experience of theĀ Devil Dogs into the broaderĀ context of the brutal war in the Pacific and does for the U.S. Marines whatĀ Band of BrothersĀ did for the 101st Airborne.
This book title, Devil Dogs (King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan), ISBN: 9781639361991, by Saul David, published by Pegasus Books (August 2, 2022) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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