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Heroes of the Pacific #3
Onslaught
Guadalcanal still not secure, and the fighting hangs in the balance.
The key to the Solomon Islands is Henderson Field, the airfield still not completed, yet desperately needed for bring in supplies and reinforcements. The Japanese lost the first battle, but they are on their way back. Back to capture the vital airfield, and to reach it they must cross the bridge over Alligator Creek. An area of marsh and swamp, infested with killer alligators.
Second Platoon is dispatched with C Company to hold the bridge against all comers. Hold it to the last man against the expected Japanese onslaught. The bridge is a bamboo framed structure, insufficient to carry even light tanks. The creek is impassable because of the fearsome man-eaters that infest it, and the Company deploys before the bridge.
They have light weapons, they have ammo, and they are Marines. What could go wrong? Only tanks could pierce their defenses, and the route across Alligator Creed is impassable to tanks. Right? Wrong.
Jesse Ferrell and his fellow Marine Daniel O’Brien, hindered by their playboy platoon commander, Lieutenant Morgan, have to fight a battle beyond anything they could have imagined. Against the Japanese, against their own officer, and against fearsone, prehistori creatures a man will forever remember in his nightmares.
The key to the Solomon Islands is Henderson Field, the airfield still not completed, yet desperately needed for bring in supplies and reinforcements. The Japanese lost the first battle, but they are on their way back. Back to capture the vital airfield, and to reach it they must cross the bridge over Alligator Creek. An area of marsh and swamp, infested with killer alligators.
Second Platoon is dispatched with C Company to hold the bridge against all comers. Hold it to the last man against the expected Japanese onslaught. The bridge is a bamboo framed structure, insufficient to carry even light tanks. The creek is impassable because of the fearsome man-eaters that infest it, and the Company deploys before the bridge.
They have light weapons, they have ammo, and they are Marines. What could go wrong? Only tanks could pierce their defenses, and the route across Alligator Creed is impassable to tanks. Right? Wrong.
Jesse Ferrell and his fellow Marine Daniel O’Brien, hindered by their playboy platoon commander, Lieutenant Morgan, have to fight a battle beyond anything they could have imagined. Against the Japanese, against their own officer, and against fearsone, prehistori creatures a man will forever remember in his nightmares.
29 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 12, 2020
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September 13, 2020
War book.
It was another good book in this series. Still some obvious mistakes but well worth the read. Hope you enjoy it!
It was another good book in this series. Still some obvious mistakes but well worth the read. Hope you enjoy it!
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