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Bloody Bougainville (164th Regiment, Bk 2)
Bloody Bougainville - 164th Regiment, Bk 2 Author:Chris Glatte Outnumbered GIs tasked with an impossible defense against a desperate force of Japanese soldiers. A forgotten battle on a hellish island in the Northern Solomons. — Sergeant Carver and Able Company are veterans of Guadalcanal. After much needed rest they’re thrown back into combat with untested recruits. — With the help from veterans like Co... more »rporal O’Connor, the woodsman from Oregon, and Private Willy, the thug from the city, they must mold the replacements to become the veterans they’re trying to replace.
The mission is like nothing they’ve tackled before. They’re not meant to take the island, but to defend the six-mile beachhead. It’s a bloody and thankless job, in a forgotten corner of the war.
The Japanese are slowly starving. They must push the Allies back into the sea at any cost. Their only advantage is superior numbers.
The GIs will need a miracle, and even then it may not be enough.« less