Youll Be Sorree!, Sid Phillips
Youll Be Sorree!, Sid Phillips
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You'll Be Sor-ree!
A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War

Author: Sid Phillips

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/01/2011

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, Alabama, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942. A mortarman with the same company of the 1st Marine Division as Helmet for My Pillow author Robert Leckie, Sid was a seventeen-year-old kid when he entered combat. By the time he returned home some two years later, the island fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester had turned him into a man and an "Old Timer" by Marine standards.

In this true story, Sid recalls his encounters with icons like Chesty Puller, General Vandergrift, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his boyhood friend Eugene Sledge, author of With the Old Breed. He remembers fighting in the battle of the Tenaru (Alligator Creek), the struggle for Henderson Field, bombardments by Japanese battleships, the brutality of the tropics, and the haunting notion of being surrounded and expendable. This is the story of how Sid stood shoulder to shoulder with his Marine brothers to discover the strength and faith necessary to survive the dark, early days of World War II in the Pacific.

About Sid Phillips

Dr. Sid Phillips enlisted in the United States Marine Corps the day after Pearl Harbor because the Marines promised to put him "eyeball to eyeball" with the Japanese. Two years later, he came home a hero. Together, Sid and his brothers in the legendary 1st Marine Division won the first epic victory of the war, saved Australia, and stopped the Japanese juggernaut in the Pacific. Today, Sid is a figurehead for the World War II generation, having become internationally known after his role in Ken Burns's documentary The War and the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg/Gary Goetzman miniseries The Pacific.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on June 29, 2013

This is a short book (I did the audio version) by Dr. Sid Phillips, a World War II Marine, who was on Guadalcanal and a couple other sites of vicious fighting against the Japanese. That said, you can't really call it a "war book." Dr. Phillips bypassed practically all the fighting and bloodletting t......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 01, 2014

I would give 4 stars to the memoir, but have to take a star off for the final chapter which comes out of left field talking about the myth of evolution(!) and veers into his views on religion. I've seen interviews with Sid Phillips, and I'm sure he's a great guy, but why mar a wonderful recollection......more

Goodreads review by William on July 05, 2010

You’ll Be Sor-ree! By Sid Philllips Sid Phillips tried to enlist in the Navy the day after Pearl Harbor. He ended up shortly thereafter in the Marines. These are his recollection of his days in the Pacific in World War II. I’m not much for non-fiction. I find that daily events often provide more grim......more

Goodreads review by Jon on October 28, 2021

I bought this book in the gift shop of the History Museum of Mobile when visiting in March 2021. The book's author Sid Phillips was a native of Mobile, AL. The book was a fast and enjoyable read. The author joined the Marine Corps the day after the Pearl Harbor raid in December 1941 and served in th......more

Goodreads review by Joy on March 05, 2024

Amazing read. Easy to follow along, full of information, furthering my WWII obsession for sure.......more

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