TY  - BOOK
AU  - Radike,Floyd W.
TI  - Across the dark islands: the war in the Pacific 
SN  - 0891417745
AV  - D811 .R185 2003
U1  - 940.5426092 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Presidio
KW  - Radike, Floyd W.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Infantry Regiment, 161st
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Biography
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2003536609.html
ER  -