Red Blood, Black Sand
Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
26 June 2013
Summary
Red Blood, Black Sand is the story of Chuck’s two weeks in hell, where he would watch his hero, Basilone, fall, where the enemy stalked the night, where snipers haunted the day, and where Chuck would see his friends whittled away in an eardrum-shattering, earth-shaking, meat grinder of a battle.
A story of heroism, friendship, and courage in World War 2-as seen in the award-winning HBO miniseries The Pacific.
In 1944, the U.S. Marines were building the 5th Marine Division-also…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780425257425 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0425257428 |
| Author: | Chuck Tatum |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 151mm x 24mm |
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Praise for Red Blood, Black Sand
“In my judgment, no combat veteran’s memoir is better…and only a handful are equal.”—Stephen E. Ambrose
“Chuck Tatum was there, a participant in and a witness to history. If it is possible to answer the question ‘What was it like?’, he tells you in this book.”—Tom Hanks
About The Author
Chuck Tatum
Chuck Tatum was a World War II Marine who trained under legendary Medal of Honor recipient Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone and fought with him on Iwo Jima. There, Chuck received the Bronze Star for firing a machine gun from the hip while single-handedly covering the retrieval of two wounded comrades. Red Blood, Black Sand is one of four credited sources upon which the HBO miniseries The Pacific is based. Chuck saw this book as his final act of service, so readers will never forget the heroes he watched fight, live, and die on “the island that God forgot and gave to the Devil.” He passed away in 2014.
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