Radike, Floyd W., <br/><br/>
Across the dark islands :  the war in the Pacific / 
Floyd W. Radike. 
 - First edition. 
 - viii, 261 pages :  maps ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> "The war in the Pacific has never been portrayed more honestly - or in prose more powerful - than in Across the Dark Islands. In this account, Brig. Gen. Floyd W. Radike remembers how he started his military career in the mud and mayhem of Guadalcanal, fighting a campaign as crucial to the war's outcome as it was chaotic and cruel." "Here is no whitewashed view of that war or the men who waged it. Here instead is the sobering story of a junior officer in a National Guard unit suddenly shipped off to the front lines, disdained by "regular army" elitists who served beside him, and given second-class status so that others could earn headlines and promotions. While struggling to survive amid dirt and disease, routine and monotony, Radike endured harrowing missions sometimes imperfectly planned."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0891417745 9780891417743 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003536609 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Radike, Floyd W.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Infantry Regiment, 161st 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area<br/>Soldiers--United States--Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D811  / .R185 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.5426092