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Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are presented in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed is the perennial bestselling traditional consideration of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive through the Pacific during World Conflict II. As scout and machine-gunner for the First Marine Department, Leckie fought in all its engagements until his wounding at Peleliu. In Strong Men Armed, Leckie uses firsthand experience and impeccable research to re-create the nightmarish battles of the Pacific campaign---from Guadalcanal to Okinawa---as ships, men, and guns moved over huge distances to fight an opponent that was eager to guard to its previous man. Here is the whole sweeping epic of the Marines who battled---and won---on the bloody shorelines at Guadalcanal, the unforgiving reefs at Tarawa, the rain-soaked mud of New Britain, the dark grey soil and deadly caves of Support Suribachi, and the muddy slopes of Shuri Castle on Okinawa. It really is a masterful narrative by a writer the New York Times praised as having the "rare surprise of capturing all the is individuals in the most inhuman of man's activities."
