The Class of '42: Marines in WW II

by Tucker Giblin

Book Overview

Throughout 1942, many young students left their high school classes to join the U.S. Marine Corps, hence the title: The Class of '42, Marines in WWII. Tucker Giblin was one of them, joining just after... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931646473
• ISBN13: 9781931646475
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Bookhouse Fulfillment
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Combat Up Close and Personal

Tucker Giblin is one of the very few enlisted Marines to write about very personal experiences in combat. Honest, direct, not politically correct and is so well written as to evoke comparisons with Saving Private Ryan. The Class of 1942: Marines in WW II is carefully documented and is a basic reference for 1st Marine Division combat operations on Guadalcanal; Cape Gloucester, New Britain and Bloody Pelelieu. If one wants to read a first hand account of actual combat in the jungles of the Pacific Island, read Tucker's book