Bloody Ridge and Beyond - A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific

Zusatztext "Whitey Groft was there! and it shows in every line of Bloody Ridge and Beyond: A WWII Marine’s Memoir of Edson’s Raiders in the Pacific . Written with acclaimed war historian (and New York Times bestselling coauthor of A Higher Call ) Larry Alexander! this account of the fight for Tulagi! of the hellish night-fighting defense of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal and afterward reads like an American Iliad—epic yet excruciatingly personal! riveting! and authentic in every detail."—Steven Pressfield! bestselling author of Gates of Fire and The Lion’s Gate "If you want a story of courage in the face of fear! intense fighting despite overwhelming odds! and brotherhood in the midst of horrific warfare! then this book is for you. Whitey Groft went through what no man should ever need to endure. He recounts his story with grit and poignancy! and he pulls no punches in describing the horror he encountered during WWII. This book is unflinching! descriptive! and comprehensive. A must-read."—Marcus Brotherton! author of Shifty’s War "In a world obsessed with comic book heroes! we forget that real supermen once hacked through jungles! paddled through swamps! and fought eyeball to eyeball for our freedom. They were called “Marine Raiders!” and Marlin Groft was one of them. Vivid and powerful! his story leaves you reaching to tip your cap."—Adam Makos! New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call Informationen zum Autor Marlin F. Groft was born in Lebanon! Pennsylvania! worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1939 to 1941! and then became a silk-screen printer in a textile factory. He joined the U.S. Marines after Pearl Harbor and! following boot camp! he volunteered for the 1st Marine Raider Battalion under Lt. Col. Merritt A. Edson! and served with that unit until its dissolution. Assigned to the 29th Marine Regiment of the newly formed 6th Marine Division! he served beyond the end of the war! seeing duty in China until the end of 1945. Groft and his wife! Vivian! live in a Lancaster County retirement community. Larry Alexander is the author of the New York Times bestselling biography Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters! the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers and the coauthor (with Adam Makos) of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II ! another New York Times bestseller. He is also the author of Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II and In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: A Return to Easy Company’s Battlefields with Sgt. Forrest Guth . Alexander has been a journalist and columnist for Lancaster newspapers in Lancaster! Pennsylvania! for nearly twenty years and has won numerous state-level awards for excellence in journalism. PREFACE QUANTICO, VIRGINIA AUGUST 6, 1989 On the warm, sunny Sunday morning of August 6, 1989, I and a number of my colleagues of the 1st Raider Battalion, the famed Edson’s Raiders, stood on the grounds of the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, not to train for war as we had done forty-seven years prior, but to remember our departed brethren and our Raider legacy. We had returned to where it all began for the Raiders in order to dedicate a memorial as part of the Quantico National Cemetery. I am more than a little proud of the fact that the idea for the memorial had been first floated by me six years earlier during the funeral of Ben Howland, who had been something of a legend in the Raiders. A tenured professor of landscape architecture at the University of Virginia after the war, Ben had become both a teacher and mentor to my son Eric, who was studying at the university’s School of Architecture. At the reception following Ben’s death, several Raiders commented that Ben had not bee...

Product details

• Authors: Larry Alexander, Marlin Groft, Marlin/ Alexander Groft
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.10.2014, delayed
• EAN: 9780425273005
• ISBN: 978-0-425-27300-5
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous