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The Pacific

Hell Was an Ocean Away

by Hugh Ambrose
Mike Chamberlain
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Historian Hugh Ambrose deepens the experience of the HBO miniseries The Pacific—revealing the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot and producing a powerful blend of first-person immediacy and historical perspective.

Sidney C. Phillips, an easygoing Alabama teenager, enlisted along with a buddy. “Manila John” Basilone was the son of immigrants who found happiness in the rough-and-ready life of a marine. Eugene B. Sledge watched his best friend and his brother go off to war—and finally rebelled against his parents to follow them. “Shifty” Shofner was the scion of a prominent family with a long record of military service. Ensign Vernon “Mike” Micheel left the family farm to complete flight school.  
Between America’s retreat from China in late 1941 and the moment that MacArthur’s plane landed in Japan in August 1945, these five men fought many of the key battles of the war in the Pacific. Here, Hugh Ambrose focuses on their real-life experiences and those of their fellow servicemen, enhancing and expanding upon the story told in the HBO miniseries.

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    March 2, 2010

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      • ISBN: 9780307714664
      • File size: 688913 KB
      • Duration: 23:55:14

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      America's defeat of Japan in WWII came at no small cost. Unprepared for the Pacific war, the military industrial complex rose to the challenge that threatened the country's freedom. Told through the service history of five men, this companion to the HBO mini-series, by the son of author Stephen Ambrose, gives an intimate look into a conflict that lasted three years and covered thousands of square miles of ocean and hundreds of islands. Narrator Mike Chamberlain meets the task of pronouncing the foreign vocabulary with aplomb, which is especially important because the locations have become recognizable names of famous battles. His quiet manner offsets the brutal tragedies he must describe and keeps him in the background while recounting the riveting events. Alas, the narrative often jumps from one place to another, forcing listeners to reorient themselves unaided. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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