Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Beyond - A Mud Marine's Memoir of the Pacific Island War - William W. Rogal - Paperback Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - 2010 -

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Chronicling the growth of a recruit from boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, to a seasoned troop leader, this memoir also relates the experiences of the 200 marines in A Company, First Battalion, Second Marines, as they engaged in island warfare in the South Pacific at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian.