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Goodbye, Darkness

William Manchester ·1980 ·401 pages ·★ 4.6WarBooks rating
Memoir Intermediate Primary Sources
🇺🇸 American

William Manchester's memoir of his time as a Marine in the Pacific, interwoven with a pilgrimage to the.

Why Read This Book

The most literary Pacific War memoir. Manchester — also Churchill's biographer — writes prose of extraordinary beauty about the.

Events Covered

1942 Guadalcanal Campaign Solomon Islands 1945 Battle of Okinawa Okinawa, Japan

Where to Buy

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ISBN: 978-0316501118

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