TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hickam,Homer H.
TI  - The far reaches
SN  - 9780312334758
AV  - PS 3558 .I224 F37 2007 F37 2007
U1  - 813/.54 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Marine Corps
KW  - Fiction
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - War stories
KW  - gsafd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314)
N2  - It's 1943 and World War II rages on. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow is on hand at the invasion of Tarawa, as the U.S. Navy begins the grand strategy of throwing her marines at island after bloody island across the Pacific. But the young Americans go up against fanatical defenders, who revel in snipers, big guns, and human wave attacks from which there is no escape save death. Critically wounded, Josh expects to die. Instead, Sister Mary Kathleen, a young Irish nun, nurses him back to health, then shanghais Josh, sidekick Bosun Ready O'Neal, and three marines to a group of beautiful tropical islands invaded by a brutal Japanese warlord. Josh and his little band must decide whether to help the Sister fight the battle she demands, return to Tarawa and the "real" war, or settle down in the romantic splendor of the South Seas.--From publisher description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007010369-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007010369-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007010369-s.html
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