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"In the enormous literature of the Second World War, there are surprisingly few accounts of fighting in the Southwest Pacific, fewer still by a common infantryman. This memoir, written with a simple and direct honesty that is rare indeed, follows a foot soldier's career from basic training to mustering out. It takes the reader into the jungles and caves of New Guinea and the Philippines during the long campaign to win the war against Japan.
From basic training at Camp Roberts through combat, occupation, and the long journey home, Francis Catanzaro's account tells of the excitement, misery, cruelty, and terror of combat, and of the uneasy boredom of jungle camp life. A member of the famed 41st Infantry Division, the "Jungleers," Catanazaro saw combat at Hollandia, Biak, Zamboanga, and Mindanao. He was a part of the Japanese occupation force and writes with feeling about living among his former enemies and of the decision to drop the atom bomb.
This is a powerful, gritty, and moving narrative of the life of a soldier during some of the most difficult fighting of World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
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American Personal narratives, Campaigns, History, Regimental histories, United States, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 41st, World War, 1939-1945, United states, army, infantry, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american, World war, 1939-1945, regimental histories, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, pacific oceanPlaces
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With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific: a foot soldier's story
2002, Indiana University Press
in English
0253341426 9780253341426
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-190) and index.
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