01554cam a2200301 4500 61540536 TxAuBib 20100326120000.0 091007s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009041530 9780451230232 hc $26.95 045123023X hc $26.95 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP C#P BWX LMR BUR UPZ TxAuBib Ambrose, Hugh. The Pacific / Hugh Ambrose. New York : NAL Caliber, 2010. xviii, 489 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Companion book to the television miniseries. Includes bibliographical references. In this companion book to the HBO series on the war in the Pacific, historian Hugh Ambrose focuses on five American soldiers who each took an active role in the difficult and costly--in terms of lives--campaign to reach the Japanese mainland. Ambrose recounts key battles--Guadalcanal, Midway, Okinawa, and the lesser-known Peleliu--and he provides a soldier's eye view of the events, conveying the great valor and sacrifices of those in uniform. 20100326. United States Marine Corps History World War, 1939-1945. United States Marine Corps Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area. Marines United States Biography. Nonfiction ordered February 2010. Pacific (Television program.)