I've been doing a lot of research on memoirs written by US soldiers and I wondered whether any readers here might be able to help with more specific details on the following. I'm particularly interested in the units - ideally down to battalion, but also battles fought in. Able 8, follow me by albert tidwell – is this a memoir? Seems a collection of small unit recollections? [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] A Dorchester marine's World War II by Robert Louis Sheehan [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] After the infamy: War and aggression Glen H Chapin A Marine remembers by Harry A Shelman – in the Sth Pacific for 2 years, a scout Boots, troops & hoops by Larry Killick Chain of Thought: The Story of a WWII Marine by John B. Minnick (Weapons Co, Iwo Jima) [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]Lifer USMC by George Cribb – appears to be 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Div in WW2 – campaigns? My ten yard front by George Brennen (Guam & ???) [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Hobo to leatherneck : memoirs of travel and adventure by William J Wright The Marine Way by Sam Edward Clagg The view from my foxhole by Tom Jones (? & 6[SUP]th[/SUP] Marine Divs: Marshalls(Saipan), Okinawa) P256p, 2001. The true story of a mud marine by Richard W. Watkins (????? Saipan/Tinian, Guam, Iwo) 140p, 1973.
Yikes!! Sorry about the formatting above. I've done a fair bit of 'cut and pasting' in my research but it was all tidied up, here it's all unravelled somehow?
There is Pacific Marine, by Sterling Mace. He posts here from time to time http://www.ww2f.com/honor-service-v...riflemans-combat-odyssey-k-3-5-pre-order.html Iwo by Richard Wheller. He used to post here before he died. http://www.amazon.com/Iwo-Richard-Wheller/dp/1557509220 Then there are the old standbys: Helmet For My Pillow Amazon.com: Helmet For My Pillow (Military History (Ibooks)) (9780743413077): Robert Leckie: Books With the Old Breed http://www.amazon.com/Old-Breed-At-Peleliu-Okinawa/dp/0891419063 I've read all but the first, as it is not available yet.
Thanks for those. I'm intrigued in particular by the first one and will keep an eye out for it. As a matter of interest, is there a site that caters for people with an interest/backgtound as marines? I'm keen to see if anyone has read these books and maybe I need to try the 'insiders'?
One of the veteran members on this forum recently wrote a book about his WW2 experiences. It hasn't been released yet, but it might be something that you're interested in. Amazon.com: Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 (9781250005052): Sterling Mace, Nick Allen: Books
Fire Mission 42, Milton Royko recounts his experiences as a United States Marine Corps artilleryman in the South Pacific During World War II. http://www.firemission42.com/ [SIZE=+0]A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal[/SIZE] by J. R. Garrett A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal
I am looking for people who self-published memoirs, letters, true stories to contribute to a Christmas at War anthology. Can you help me get the word out? The goal is to get lots of perspectives from Pacific marine to Japanese interment camp, Africa front to German civilian. Contact by removing x's at xknrkingx2@hotmailx.comx.
