Islands of the Damned
A Marine at War in the Pacific

I'm starting to realize why I like these war testimonials so much. In short, it's condensed human experience. It's the worst of us, it's the best of us. It's all in there. And it always makes me wonder, what would I do in their place? Would I go "asiatic", as they say in this book (hilarious:), crap......more

Sjećanja jednog od veterana američkih marinaca iz rata na pacifiku. za razliku od Sledge-a koji je još ljut nakon svih tih desetljeća, za razliku od Leckiea koji je uvijek pokušavao dati široku sliku, Burgin priča smireno, matter-of-factly, bez pretjeranih emocija, o onom što je sam vidio i proživio......more

Reads like a grandfather telling a story ..., July 14, 2010 The HBO miniseries "The Pacific" has stoked interest in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, but more importantly, it has introduced many to some of the finest accounts of combat ever put on paper (E.B. Sledge's "With the Old Breed" and Robe......more

This was a great companion to E.B Sledge’s book, With the Old Breed. If you’re looking for some great piece of literature like Sledge’s book, this isn’t it. However, this read like a grandfather telling you a story which I loved. I never got to hear my grandfather’s stories of his time during WWll b......more

I found this book facinating. A ninety year old ex-marine tells the story of his combat experience in the Pacific and interweaves a pleasant story of meeting his future wife in Australia. It is different in that it also spares no words about combat and some of the truth about how soldiers from each......more