Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
Language: English
1939-1945 1939-1945 - Pacific Ocean 1939-1945 - Personal Narratives 1939-1945 Pacific Ocean 1939-1945 Personal Narratives 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean American American 20th Century Biography American - 20th Century - Biography Authors BIO008000 Biography & Autobiography General History Literary Manchester Military Soldiers Soldiers - United States - Biography Soldiers United States Biography United States - Biography William Raymond World War World War II
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: Jul 15, 1980
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The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book." --William L. Shirer
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