The Long Road of War

Download or read book The Long Road of War written by James W. Johnston and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James W. Johnston was a self-confessed small-town youth, who like so many others patriotically stopped what he was doing and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. Johnston chose the Marines, a decision that sent him to years of bloody combat through the Pacific as Allied troops fought their way toward the Japanese home islands. Many did not come back; of those who did, very few have told us what it was like. Johnston tells us directly and honestly, taking us with his First Marine Division through New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa.