Proser, Jim.

I'm staying with my boys : the heroic life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC / Jim Proser with Jerry Cutter. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2010. - xii, 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

D-Day, Iwo Jima, 0700 hours -- Manila John -- In the Army now -- Back home -- Civilian life -- Into the breech -- On to the canal -- Bloody Ridge -- On the attack -- Hitting the fan -- "I'm staying with my boys. They need me."

A profile of the only World War II Marine to win the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart parallels his career with notable World War II memoirists while tracing his significant achievements at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.

9780312611446 (pbk.) 0312611447

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Basilone, John, 1916-1945.


United States. Marine Corps --Biography.


Medal of Honor--Biography.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
Marines--New Jersey--Biography.
Soldiers--New Jersey--Biography.


Raritan (N.J.)--Biography.

B VE 25 / B312P 2010

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