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On Valor's Side
- A Marine's Own Story of Parris Island and Guadalcanal
- Narrated by: Michael Anthony
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,158
The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading in high school
- By Randall on 04-03-19
By: Robert Leckie
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Final Blackout
- By: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
The world is in the throes of economic decay and at the mercy of terrorists. Across this post-apocalyptic landscape marches one extraordinary soldier and his band of brothers. In a novel as disturbingly plausible as it is powerfully gripping, they are headed into a battle in which they will have to come to grips with the power of technology and the true price of freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Robert's Review
- By Robert the Dispatcher on 06-22-15
By: L. Ron Hubbard
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Red Blood, Black Sand
- Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
- By: Chuck Tatum
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 412
When Chuck Tatum began Marine boot camp, he was just a smart-aleck teenager eager to serve his country. Little did he know that he would be training under a living legend of the Corps - Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone, who had almost single-handedly fought off a Japanese force of three thousand on Guadalcanal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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not as good as helmet or old breed
- By C. Kenny on 01-21-17
By: Chuck Tatum
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Twenty-Two on Peleliu
- Four Pacific Campaigns with the Corps: The Memoirs of an Old Breed Marine
- By: George Peto, Peter Margaritis - With
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Story5 out of 5 stars 211
Growing up on a farm in Ohio, George always preferred being outdoors and exploring. This made school a challenge, but his hunting, fishing, and trapping skills helped put food on his family's table. As a poor teenager living in a rough area, he got into regular brawls, and he found holding down a job hard because of his wanderlust. After working out West with the CCC, he decided that joining the Marines offered him the opportunity for adventure plus three square meals a day; so he and his brother joined the Corps in 1941.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Story
- By Julie Hill on 06-11-20
By: George Peto, and others
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Bush War Operator
- Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
- By: A.J. Balaam
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 355
Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother, or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time - the Selous Scouts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Decent book. Could have been better.
- By Alejandro on 09-05-20
By: A.J. Balaam
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From the City, from the Plough
- Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics
- By: Alexander Baron
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Spring 1944, the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment, wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear, comedy and pathos as the men all drawn from different walks of life await the order to move. With an economy of language that belies its emotional impact, From the City, from the Plough is a vivid and moving account of the fate of these men as they embark for the beaches of Normandy and advance into France, where the battalion suffers devastating casualties.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreakingly entertaining to the very last...
- By Amazon Customer on 08-24-21
By: Alexander Baron
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Facing the Mountain
- A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
- By: Daniel James Brown
- Narrated by: Louis Ozawa
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,275
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,133
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,124
In the days and months after Pearl Harbor, the lives of Japanese Americans across the continent and Hawaii were changed forever. In this unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe, Daniel James Brown portrays the journey of Rudy Tokiwa, Fred Shiosaki, and Kats Miho, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were forced to submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow
- By Tbone McCoy on 06-13-21
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I'm Staying with My Boys
- The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC
- By: Jim Proser, Jerry Cutter
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 285
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Story5 out of 5 stars 247
I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Devil Dogs!
- By Skip Drake on 10-25-18
By: Jim Proser, and others
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The Med
- Dan Lenson Series, Book 1
- By: David Poyer
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 61
Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61 - carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines - steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold - alive. With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Vulgar and boring
- By Caspar Blattmann on 01-24-20
By: David Poyer
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
- The True Story of the "Bad Boy" Hero of the Pacific Theatre and His Famous Black Sheep Squadron
- By: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,090
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,084
Here, in his own words, is the true story of America's wildest flying hero, of his extraordinary heroism, and of his greatest battle of all-the fight to survive. The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary Marine Corps officer and his bunch of misfits, outcasts, and daredevils gave a new definition to "hell-raising" - on the ground and in the skies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Who picked the narrator?
- By D. DAVIS on 08-21-19
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Pacific Glory
- World War II Navy, Book 1
- By: P. T. Deutermann
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 946
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 847
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 844
Marsh Vincent, Mick McCarty, and Tommy Lewis were inseparable friends during their naval academy years, each man in love with the beautiful, unattainable Glory Hawthorne. Only Tommy wins her heart and marries Glory after graduation. Different skills set the three men on separate paths in the Navy, but they are all forever changed by the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.
Glory, now Tommy’s widow, is a tough Navy nurse still grieving her loss while trying to save lives at the Pearl Harbor naval hospital.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best of PT Deutermann
- By MM on 11-27-11
By: P. T. Deutermann
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Islands of the Damned
- A Marine at War in the Pacific
- By: R. V. Burgin, Bill Marvel
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 707
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 613
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Story5 out of 5 stars 608
This is an eyewitness - and eye-opening - account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Jerry
- By Anonymous User on 05-12-10
By: R. V. Burgin, and others
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Shifty's War
- The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell “Shifty” Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers
- By: Marcus Brotherton
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 193
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 179
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Story5 out of 5 stars 178
From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Read in a While!
- By Virginia Hawks on 09-14-20
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You'll Be Sor-ree!
- A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War
- By: Sid Phillips
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 152
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 151
Sid Phillips's account of his experiences in the 1st Marine Division fighting on Guadalcanal in the early days of World War II.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good read.
- By Matthew on 10-26-15
By: Sid Phillips
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With the Old Breed
- At Peleliu and Okinawa
- By: E. B. Sledge
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10,652
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,570
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,522
The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the second audio book of Sledge's work
- By Richard on 10-21-13
By: E. B. Sledge
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A Rumor of War
- By: Philip Caputo
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 933
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 766
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 769
When it first appeared, A Rumor of War brought home to American readers, with terrifying vividness and honesty, the devastating effects of the Vietnam War on the soldiers who fought there. And while it is a memoir of one young man's experiences and therefore deeply personal, it is also a book that speaks powerfully to today's students about the larger themes of human conscience, good and evil, and the desperate extremes men are forced to confront in any war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Reality of the U.S in the Vietnam War
- By Glenn on 09-10-12
By: Philip Caputo