Dispatches from the Pacific, Ray E. Boomhower
Dispatches from the Pacific, Ray E. Boomhower
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Dispatches from the Pacific
The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod

Author: Ray E. Boomhower

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/08/2017

Synopsis

In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa atoll with the US Marine Corps.Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod chronicled combat and the marines’ day-to-day struggles as they leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese on Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. While the marines courageously and doggedly confronted an enemy that at times seemed invincible, those left behind on the American home front desperately scanned Sherrod’s columns for news of their loved ones.After Sherrod’s death in 1994, the Washington Post heralded his reporting as “some of the most vivid accounts of men at war ever produced by an American journalist.” Now, for the first time, Ray E. Boomhower tells Sherrod’s story in this intimate account of the Pacific front war efforts.

About Ray E. Boomhower

Ray E. Boomhower has written books on the lives of Ernie Pyle, Lew Wallace, Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, May Wright Sewall, and John Bartlow Martin. He is Senior Editor at the Indiana Historical Society Press and the 2010 winner of the Regional Award in the annual Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards.

About Joe Barrett

Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Edgar

I had the good fortune to meet and talk on more than one occasion with Robert L. Sherrod in the last decade of his life. He was very soft spoken with just a hint of a lingering southern accent, understated in all that he did. There was no hint of bombast or any desire to stand at center stage. Yet w......more

Goodreads review by Greg

1968 was a critical year for America, both politically and socially. I am particularly interested in the political aspects, and this book provides on all fronts. As the title implies, this is but a snapshot of Robert F. Kennedy's insurgent 1968 run for President, but it includes everything a politic......more

Goodreads review by Mickey

This is a fabulous account from a totally local perspective. RFK jumps into the Presidential race in 1968 with hardly a plan, let alone an organization. This book describes the evolution of a candidate and the evolution of a campaign... Local Hoosiers were obviously a huge part of this win, which was a......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Boomhower uses an easily digestible journalistic prose to give the reader a good account of the work of Robert Sherrod, a World War II journalist noted for his on the ground reporting from some of the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific theater of operations. I give it a four because at times Boomhower......more

Quotes

“Like Ernie Pyle in World War II Europe and North Africa, Sherrod eloquently told the story of American troops in the Pacific. And Boomhower tells Sherrod’s story just as well.” Owen V. Johnson, author of At Home with Ernie Pyle

“Ray Boomhower’s deeply researched and superbly written book makes clear why Sherrod was one of American’s greatest reporters and why his work rings true today.” James H. Madison, author of Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana

“Anyone who has watched History Channel specials on World War II in the Pacific will undoubtedly be familiar with the name ‘Robert Sherrod.’ His war writing and coverage was unsurpassed in that theater as he found himself in some of its fiercest battles. While a few books have been released previously that contain his coverage on Tarawa and other specific campaigns, this should prove an interesting first-hand collection of his dispatches and one that any WW2 history buff should add to their library.” WW2Reads.com

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