A LOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT WORLD WAR II. THE MOST RECENT HBO MINISERIES IS ABOUT THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC.  ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT WAS A PART OF THE MAKING OFTHE MINISERIES WAS "STRONG MEN ARMED" BY ROBERT LECKIE. I JUST FINISHED READING IT.  THE BOOK, TELLS IN DETAIL ABOUT EVERY ISLAND HOPPING BATTLE THAT THE U. S. MARINES TOOK PART IN FROM GUADAICANAL TO OKINAWA-THIRTEEN DIFFERENT BATTLES.  THE AUTHOR WRITES FROM EXPERIENCE. HE WAS A SCOUT AND MACHINE GUNNER IN THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION.  

THE MARINES WERE A GREAT PART OF THE WINING OF THE WAR BUT THEY DID IT WITH THEIR BRAVERY AND BLOOD-A PROUD TRADITION, BUT WHAT A PRICE.

THANK YOU MARINES!