{"product_id":"battleground-pacific-9781250029638","title":"Battleground Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattleground Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerfully wrought military memoir by a member of World War II's fabled 1st Marine division. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSterling Mace's unit was the legendary \"K-3-5\" (for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division) and his story takes readers through some of the most intense action of the Pacific War, from the seldom-seen perspective of a rifleman at the point of attack. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattleground Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with indelible moments that begin with his childhood growing up in Queens, New York, and his run-in with the law that eventually led to his enlistment. But this is ultimately a combat tale--as violent and harrowing as any that has come before. From fighting through the fiery hell that was Peleliu to the deadly battleground of Okinawa, Mace traces his path from the fear of combat to understanding that killing another human comes just as easily as staying alive. He learns that bravery often equates to stupidity, leading to the death of close friends, but also that life goes on, with death on its heels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattleground Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most important and entertaining memoirs about the Pacific theater in WWII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTERLING MACE enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and was stationed at Parris Island, Camp Lejeune, the Brooklyn Naval Yard, and then finally Pavuvu, before experiencing the toughest fighting the Pacific war had to offer, as a rifleman in K\/3\/5, at Peleliu and later on Okinawa. He was a consultant on E.B. Sledge's book, \u003ci\u003eWith the Old Breed.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in St. Pete Beach, Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNICK ALLEN is the son of a combat rifleman who served in Vietnam and has been interviewing combat veterans for most of his life. He lives in Bellaire, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333762748690,"sku":"9781250029638","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6dd2afb3-8912-485c-a1b8-720285983055.jpg?v=1727876555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/battleground-pacific-9781250029638","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}