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Bloody Ridge and Beyond: A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific
Bloody Ridge and Beyond A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific
Author: Marlin Groft, Larry Alexander
On the killing ground that was the island of Guadalcanal, a 2,000-yard-long ridge rose from the jungle canopy. Behind it lay the all-important air base of Henderson Field. And if Henderson Field fell, it would mean the almost certain death or capture of all 12,500 marines on the island. But the marines positioned on the ridge were no normal figh...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780425273005
ISBN-10: 0425273008
Publication Date: 10/7/2014
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Good read. Of course, as a former Marine I'm biased.

I can understand him not writing much about the southern Okinawan campaign. If ever there was a charnel house, that was it. What our servicemen had to go through there was unbelievable.

At the same time, as is often encountered in many memoirs written years afterward, you have to wonder at the author's remembrance of conversations many decades ago. That's not to say their memories aren't accurate. I can still remember conversations I had 50 or more years ago. But to remember everything?


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