I'm Staying with My Boys
The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC
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I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time. I'm Staying with My Boys is the only family-authorized biography of Basilone. Distinctive among military biographies, the story is told in first person, allowing listeners to experience his transformation, forged in the horrors of battle, from aimless youth to war hero known as "Manila John".
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This is an eyewitness - and eye-opening - account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Jerry
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By: R. V. Burgin, and others
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Hell in the Pacific
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- By: Jim McEnery, Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story5 out of 5 stars 221
In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which occurred almost 70 years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettably immersive chronicle of horror and heroism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Badass
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By: Jim McEnery, and others
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You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying
- Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient
- By: Sammy Lee Davis, Caroline Lambert
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story5 out of 5 stars 41
On November 18, 1967, Private First Class Davis' artillery unit was hit by a massive enemy offensive. At 21 years old, he resolved to face the onslaught and prepared to die. Soon he would have a perforated kidney, crushed ribs, a broken vertebra, his flesh ripped by beehive darts, a bullet in his thigh, and burns all over his body. Ignoring his injuries, he manned a two-ton Howitzer by himself, crossed a canal under heavy fire to rescue three wounded American soldiers, and kept fighting until the enemy retreated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Creed to Live By
- By GroovyMonkey8 on 01-15-21
By: Sammy Lee Davis, and others
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- By: James M. Dixon
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
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- Unabridged
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Things I’ll Never Forget is the story of a young high school graduate in 1965 who faces being drafted into the Army or volunteering for the Marine Corps. These are his memories of funny times, disgusting times and deadly times. The author kept a journal for an entire year; therefore many of the dates, times and places are accurate. The rest is based on memories that are forever tattooed on his brain. This is not a pro-war book, nor is it anti-war. It is the true story of what the Marine Corps was like in the late 1960’s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Accurate Description
- By USMC VIETVET on 07-02-19
By: James M. Dixon
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The Filthy Thirteen
- From the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle’s Nest - The True Story of the101st Airborne's Most Legendary Squad of Combat Paratroopers
- By: Jake McNiece
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 339
Since World War II, the American public has become fully aware of the exploits of the 101st Airborne Division, the paratroopers who led the Allied invasions into Nazi-held Europe. But within the ranks of the 101st, a sub-unit attained legendary status at the time, its reputation persisting among veterans over the decades. Primarily products of the Dustbowl and the Depression, the Filthy13 grew notorious, even within the ranks of the elite 101st. Never ones to salute an officer, or take a bath, this squad became singular within the Screaming Eagles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best WW2 book ever
- By lickbag on 01-12-15
By: Jake McNiece
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Walking Point
- An Infantryman's Untold Story
- By: Michael H. Cunningham
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 169
Que Son Valley is actually a large area of hills and valleys just to the west of Da Nang, Viet Nam. During the 1960s, units from the US Marines and US Army engaged the 2nd North Vietnamese Division in heavy and close combat. Our mission was to keep the enemy from capturing the cities of Da Nang, Tam Ky, and Chu Lai and to pacify the area. We did prevent the enemy from capturing these vital cities, but the area was far from pacified.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This sounds bad but... Annoying
- By David on 06-19-18
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We Who Are Alive and Remain
- Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers
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- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Story5 out of 5 stars 156
They were the men of the now-legendary Easy Company. After almost two years of hard training, they parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and, later, Operation Market Garden. They fought their way through Belgium, France, and Germany, survived overwhelming odds, liberated concentration camps, and drank a victory toast in April 1945 at Hitler's hideout in the Alps.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Filling in the blank spots
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Dispatches
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- Narrated by: Ray Porter
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 229
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 196
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Story5 out of 5 stars 195
From its terrifying opening to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All of the reviews are correct.
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By: Michael Herr
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Red Blood, Black Sand
- Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
- By: Chuck Tatum
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 421
When Chuck Tatum began Marine boot camp, he was just a smart-aleck teenager eager to serve his country. Little did he know that he would be training under a living legend of the Corps - Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone, who had almost single-handedly fought off a Japanese force of three thousand on Guadalcanal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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not as good as helmet or old breed
- By C. Kenny on 01-21-17
By: Chuck Tatum
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If I Die in a Combat Zone
- Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
- By: Tim O'Brien
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 242
Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A solid Vietnam war memoir
- By Darwin8u on 04-16-14
By: Tim O'Brien
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Dead Center
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- By: Ed Kugler
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,399
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,268
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,263
Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at 17, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If not the best certainly tied for the best
- By Rose Dawn Blanton on 08-04-15
By: Ed Kugler
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The Odyssey of Echo Company
- The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
- By: Doug Stanton
- Narrated by: CJ Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 366
A powerful work of literary military history from the New York Times best-selling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers - the harrowing and redemptive account of an American army platoon fighting for survival during the Vietnam War.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great look into what a Nam solder endured.
- By Tony on 12-13-17
By: Doug Stanton
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Iwo Jima
- World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific
- By: Larry Smith
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
On February 19, 1945, nearly 70,000 American soldiers invaded a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. Over the next 35 days, approximately 28,000 soldiers died, including nearly 22,000 Japanese and 6,821 Americans, making Iwo Jima one of the costliest battles of World War II.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Iwo Jima (Unabridged)
- By gary lundin on 10-31-08
By: Larry Smith
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We Few
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- By: Nick Brokhausen
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,723
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,487
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,476
A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Is there such a thing as funny war genre ??
- By dax on 11-04-18
By: Nick Brokhausen
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Scarlet Fields
- The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero
- By: John Lewis Barkley
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46
A reconnaissance man and sniper, John Lewis Barkley served in Company K of the Fourth Infantry Regiment, a unit that participated in almost every major American battle. The York-like episode that earned Barkley his Congressional Medal of Honor occurred on October 7, 1918, when he climbed into an abandoned French tank and singlehandedly held off an advancing German force, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic story
- By S. H. Moore on 04-03-20
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The Heart of Hell
- The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima
- By: Mitch Weiss
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II - and one of the bloodiest in United States history - began on February 19, 1945. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote - until now.... On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. US military leaders thought that they had weakened Japanese forces in the area.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important History, but Not a Compelling Story
- By Craig on 07-30-16
By: Mitch Weiss
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Code Talker
- A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
- By: Joseph Bruchac
- Narrated by: Derrick Henry
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 493
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 408
Although the mission school bans all that is Navajo, Ned secretly clings to his native language and culture. Proudly joining the U.S. Marines in 1943, he becomes a top-secret Navajo Code Talker. During bloody battles for Japanese islands, Ned and his brave band of code-talking brothers save thousands of lives using Navajo encryption the enemy never cracks.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Terrible audio
- By Amazon Customer on 02-13-18
By: Joseph Bruchac
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In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which occurred almost 70 years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettably immersive chronicle of horror and heroism.
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Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are featured in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed is the perennial bestselling classic account of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive through the Pacific during World War II.
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The best book on the subject
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Is there any QC check on Audible?
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- Roggole
- 03-03-20
great historical story by a World War 2 Veteran.
this story captured me since it was based on a hero's life who gave the ultimate sacrifice for hos country. The battle scene descriptions were great. big 👍
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- SRF
- 04-12-24
Great story of an American Hero
So I love the story and it was amazing to hear the true story of John Basilone but the narrator ruins it for me this narrator is the absolute worst and worst most annoying voice ! I had him on another audiobook and his narration and voice just ruin the story and experience for me ! I will not get another book with this narrator again , how does he have this job , he must really know someone . Anyway amazing story of an amazing Man !
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-16-23
A book worth reading!
Should be required reading by those who think our freedom is free.
We would be speaking Japanese and German if it was not for these brave warriors.
Well told story! Funny, sad, horror, love, victory, struggle, mud, pain, blood, honor,.. you will smell and feel the battle.
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- Scott
- 08-09-24
Truly the Greatest Generation
The book does a magnificent job of giving you insight about what this hero experienced. His bravery. His humility. His ultimate sacrifice for our country and freedom. He exemplified the spirit of this country during that war of wars. I truly believe that today’s youth should have to listen to books like this and be given a deeper perspective of what the true cost of the freedom we enjoy looks like. A great read. Narration is just okay.
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- Minko
- 09-16-22
very very very good 😀!
Excellent book. Hated for it to end. Narrator was great. Now I want to read Chesty!
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- DKSTRYKER
- 07-10-24
A very side by side account
This book is a very Side By Side Account of a human being whom reacted no differently than any man bsside him in war.
John Basilone is excellently presented to us in this book as the human being he was. His courage through the Japanese attack on the Bloody Ridge is an intense side by side account of the action on Guadalcanal. I enjoyed the accounts of Basilone's life in the army in Manila boxing Navy Sailors where he earned his name " Manila John." His accounts of growing up in Jersey with his brothers and sister are heart touching and we even can relate to his childhood upbringing. His parents you almost feel like you know them thats how accurately they are portrayed! You feel sorry and great full for John while reading about His service selling war bonds after earning the medal of honor. But you feel great for him when he is allowed to train Marines and serve and die alongside them on Iwo Jima in 1945. America doesn't make them like Basilone but let this story inspire those who read it to carry a bit of his toughness and sweetness in our own lives.
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- Chris
- 02-16-18
one extraordinary hard fighting Marine
a story about a great American Badass we got the job done despite the odds against him. but more extraordinary his desire to get back with his boys to attempt to be there leader and mentor and hopes that he would save some of their lives
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- Anonymous User
- 03-23-20
Don't Judge it too quick
It was very slow to start. Very slow. However, keep trucking through and you'll find that you get attached more and more. It was a good listen.
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- Jon Byrom
- 04-06-23
Amazing, Must-Read, real-life Hero
My attention was grabbed from the first sentence through the last. The action and detailed experiences described in this masterful work had my undivided attention from beginning to end. worth every second. the narrator was outstanding in his first-person narrative.
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- Skip Drake
- 10-25-18
Devil Dogs!
This is not only a great story of Manila John Basilone but profiles "Chesty" Puller as CO of 1/7 on Guadalcanal. The story is about Marines in combat demonstrating the cohesiveness and mental toughness the way they're trained to perform. No better literary example that I've ever read. Semper Fi!
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