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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 34 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Joe Barrett. |
| Summary |
In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa atoll with the US Marine Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod chronicled combat and the marines' day-to-day struggles as they leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese on Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. While the marines courageously and doggedly confronted an enemy that at times seemed invincible, those left behind on the American home front desperately scanned Sherrod's columns for news of their loved ones. Now, for the first time, Ray E. Boomhower tells Sherrod's story in this intimate account of the Pacific front war efforts. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Sherrod, Robert Lee, 1909-1994.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage -- United States.
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United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
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| Added Author |
Barrett, Joe.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982476212 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982476214 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11854387 |
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