Chronicling the growth of a recruit from boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, to a seasoned troop leader, this memoir also relates the experiences of the 200 marines in A Company, First Battalion, Second Marines, as they engaged in island warfare in the South Pacific at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian. “irresistible...well worth reading, one of the best first-person war narratives”― Library Journal ; “if I were asked to identify a model combat memoir, this would be it. William W. Rogal has a great story, and he tells it deftly...truly outstanding”― United States Naval Institute ; “a gripping memoir”― Proceedings . Chronicling the growth of a recruit from boot camp at Parris Island, South ?Carolina, to a seasoned troop leader, this memoir also relates the experiences of the 200 marines in A Company, First Battalion, Second Marines, as they engaged in island warfare in the South Pacific at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian. Retired attorney William W. Rogal practiced law for more than 40 years and also worked for the Federal Trade Commission. He lives in Annandale, Virginia.