Audiobook8 hours
Last Man Standing: The 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944
Written by Dick Camp
Narrated by P.J. Ochlan
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this audiobook
One of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, Operation Stalemate, as Peleliu was called, was overshadowed by the Normandy landings. It was also, in time, judged by most historians to have been unnecessary; though it had been conceived to protect MacArthur's flank in the Philippines, the U. S. fleet's carrier raids had eliminated Japanese airpower, rendering Peleliu irrelevant. Nevertheless, the horrifying number of casualties sustained there foreshadowed for the rest of the war: rather than fight to the death on the beach, the Japanese would now defend in depth and bleed the Americans white.
Drawing extensively on personal interviews, the Marine Corps History Division's vast oral history and photographic collection, and many never-before-published sources, this book gives us a new and harrowing vision of what really happened at Peleliu-and what it meant. Working closely with two of the 1st Regiment's battalion commanders-Ray Davis and Russ Honsowetz-Marine Corps veteran and military historian Dick Camp recreates the battle as it was experienced by the men and their officers.
Drawing extensively on personal interviews, the Marine Corps History Division's vast oral history and photographic collection, and many never-before-published sources, this book gives us a new and harrowing vision of what really happened at Peleliu-and what it meant. Working closely with two of the 1st Regiment's battalion commanders-Ray Davis and Russ Honsowetz-Marine Corps veteran and military historian Dick Camp recreates the battle as it was experienced by the men and their officers.
Related to Last Man Standing
Related audiobooks
Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/582 Days on Okinawa: One American’s Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War’s Greatest Battle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Landing in Hell: The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5South Pacific Cauldron: World War II's Great Forgotten Battlegrounds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey from Guadalcanal to Peleliu Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5D-Day with the Screaming Eagles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Story of Wake Island Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One Damned Island After Another: The Saga of the Seventh Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lions of Iwo Jima: The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In The Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War in the South Pacific: Out in the Boondocks, U.S. Marines Tell Their Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Miracle at Midway Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pegasus Bridge Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sink ‘Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Faithful Warriors: A Combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two Flags over Iwo Jima: Solving the Mystery of the U.S. Marine Corps' Proudest Moment Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5WW2: Spies, Snipers and Tales of the World at War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Wars & Military For You
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Five Rings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Korean War: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - Book Summary: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead And Win Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rape of Nanking: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kill Anything That Moves Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Founding Mothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of Anne Frank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Last Man Standing
Rating: 4.818181818181818 out of 5 stars
5/5
22 ratings0 reviews