Publication

1991 - Putnam, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

103,500 words, Guess

Page Count

414 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • LibraryThing115158
  • Library of Congress Control Number91187551
  • Better World Books9780399135507
  • Open LibraryOL1636141M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3557.R489137 C68 1990 bk. 4

Description

W.E.B. Griffin is a bestselling phenomenom, an American master of authentic military action and drama. Now, in this electrifying new novel, he reveals the story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific, the epic struggle for Guadalcanal...Daredevil pilot Charles Galloway learns the hard way how to command a fighter squadron. Lt. Joe Howard teams up with the Coastwatchers. Jack "No Middle Initial" Stecker leads his infantry battalion into the thickest of fighting, at a terrible price. And Navy Captain Pickering grabs a helmet and rifle to join the ranks at Guadalcanal...

First Sentence

William Charles "Bill" Dunn, USMCR, of Point Clear, Alabama, was twenty-one years old, five feet six inches tall, and weighed 142 pounds; he'd been a First Lieutenant, USMCR, twelve days, and a Naval Aviator not quite six months; and in all that time-in all his twenty-one years, even-he'd never had a night as hard as the last one.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The Corps ;

Other Editions

  • BattlegroundPutnam1991-01-01
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