内容简介
BetweenAmerica'sretreatfromChinainlateNovember1941andthemomentGeneralMacArthur'sairplanetoucheddownontheJapanesemainlandinAugustof1945,fivemenconnectedbyhappenstancefoughtthekeybattlesofthewaragainstJapan.FromthedebacleinBataan,tothemiracleatMidwayandtherelentlessvortexofGuadalcanal,theirsolemnoathstotheircountrylaterledonetotheGreatMarianasTurkeyShootandtheotherstothecoralstrongholdsofPeleliu,theblackterracesofIwoJimaandthekillingfieldsofOkinawa,untilatlastthesurvivorsenjoyedatriumphant,yetuneasy,returnhome.InThePacific,HughAmbrosefocusesonthereal-lifestoriesofthefivemenwhoputtheirlivesonthelineforourcountry.Todeepenthestoryrevealedintheminiseriesandgobeyondit,thebookdarestochartagreatoceanofenmityknownasThePacificandthebravemenwhofought.Someconsideredwaraprofession,othersenlistedascitizensoldiers.Eachmanservedinadifferentpartofthewar,buttheirrespectivedutiesrequiredeveryounceoftheircourageandtheirstrengthtodefeatanenemywhopreferredsuicidetosurrender.Themedalsforvalorwhichwerepinnedonthreeofthemcameatashockingprice-apricepaidinfullbyall.