tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post1787387752246473936..comments2024-01-20T15:51:35.268-06:00Comments on And So it Goes in Shreveport: My Reading List: March 2010Pat Austin Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-44175626779710392712010-03-08T17:18:50.447-06:002010-03-08T17:18:50.447-06:00Matt,
I am going to have to respectfully disagree...Matt,<br /><br />I am going to have to respectfully disagree with you.There has been too many movies showing sanitized versions of what happened.<br />I think the gruesome details need to be told to put a true light on the horrors of war and what the soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, coasties, and merchant marines went through. To do otherwise would not do them justice.G.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-26951123994158525502010-03-08T12:05:13.714-06:002010-03-08T12:05:13.714-06:00All of the books mentioned are USMC-centric. It s...All of the books mentioned are USMC-centric. It should not be forgotten, that the Army also played a vital part in the Pacific Campaign. For instance, look at The Ghost Mountain Boys (published in 2007 or 08 as I recall) which recounts one battle by the 32d Division in the Philippines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-28101243145304369912010-03-08T10:05:42.129-06:002010-03-08T10:05:42.129-06:00A friend gave me a copy of "With the Old Bree...A friend gave me a copy of "With the Old Breed", and I'm almost done. <br /><br />I pray to God they don't include the most gruesome of details from Sledge's book in The Pacific.Mattnoreply@blogger.com