Annihilation Beach: A Story about the Horrific Marine Battle for Tarawa: Day One - Softcover

Dwyer, James F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500182346 ISBN 13: 9781500182342

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Before the historic battle for Iwo Jima was fought...there was Tarawa!!! Experience the incredible horrors and the distinguished heroism of the battle for Tarawa with a platoon of marines who must fight their way ashore and then battle the Japanese defenders in their hidden bunkers and foxholes! The hellacious fighting for this tiny island took place in November of 1943 and the legendary battle went on for three and a half days between the elite Japanese Rikosentai who refused to give up...and the marines of the Second Division...who refused to stop. When this bare-knuckled brawl was finally over, four Medals of Honor had been earned and the Marine Corps had gained another battle star that would be remembered in history as one of their toughest fights. This fact-based fiction story is a great read for anyone wishing to know what the island war in the Central Pacific Theater was really like...and it is written through the eyes of the American marines and Japanese soldiers who had to fight it out toe-to-toe on a little island that is smaller than Central Park in New York City!

About this title

About the Author:

James F. Dwyer is a 1980 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. While a cadet, he attended the U.S. Army Paratrooper School at Fort Benning, Georgia and earned his jump wings in the summer of 1978. He also served in the U.S. Army as an armored cavalry officer in the 2nd Squadron of the 9th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Stewart, Georgia from 1981 until 1984. After leaving the Army, he worked as trader on Wall Street for nine years before leaving for Sandy Springs, Georgia where he worked as a stock broker for another nine years with A.G. Edwards & Sons. He left the financial world after 9-11 and became a firefighter with the City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department at the age of forty-six. He has been with this department for ten years and has worked as a part-time firefighter for seven years with the Sandy Springs Fire Rescue Department as well. He is married to his wife, Meryl, and they have four dogs and two cats at home in Acworth, Georgia. Jim and Meryl belong to Freedom Church, a non-denominational Christian church in Acworth and on Sundays he participates in a bible study program for inmates at the local jail. This is his first literary work and he is currently working on the second book of his three-part series about the battle of Tarawa.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500182346
• ISBN 13: 9781500182342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222