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Description edit
During World War II, a special rescue team assembles to save two Marines trapped on a small Coastwatcher island.
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Characters/People edit
- Ken Mccoy: Add a description of this character.
- George Hart
- John Marston Moore
- Jake Dillon
- Pickering
- Rickabee
- Richardson
- Steve
- Carlson
- Ernie
- Howard
- Fowler
- Barbara
- Dawkins
- Daphne
- Zimmerman
- Griffin
- Stecker
- Vandergrift
- Galloway
- Wertz
- Mrs. Feller
- Oblensky
- Leahy
- Willoughby
- Jack
- Reeves
- Edson
- Gregory
- Joanne Miller
- Wallace
- Roosevelt
- Dunn
- Stewart
- Beth
- Koffier
- Andrew Foster
- Fleming
- Feldt
- Knox
Setting & Locations edit
- Guadalcanal
- Usmcr
- Australia
- Washington
- Townsville
- Pacific
- Melbourne
- Buka
- Philadelphia
- Pensacola
- United States
- China
- Florida
- White House
- San Francisco
- Pearl Harbor
- Springfield
- Makin Island
- Swpoa
- Saint Louis
- San Diego
- Lakehurst
- Tasimboko
- Rabaul
- Parris Island
- Catalina
- Shanghai
- Hawaii
- California
- Anacostia
- Quantico
- Henderson Field
- Richmond
- Bloody Ridge
- New York
- Espiritu Santo
- Foster Park
- U.s. Army
- Pelican
- West Coast
- Pennsylvania
- New Guinea
First Sentence edit
In the early months of 1942, a Major of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps in Australia was forced to reconsider his long-held belief that he'd passed the point where the Army could surprise him.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 10 in The Corps. (standard series)
Preceded by Battleground, and followed by Close Combat (The Corps, Book 6) (Book VI).
Authors & Contributors edit
- W. E. B. Griffin (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0399136711
Page Count: 414
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0399136711
Page Count: 414
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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