In high school, five young men excelled in the athletic program, and they soon became the best of friends—even though their families had little in common. Scott, Mark and Paul were from a blue-collar background. Kenji was a Japanese-American, whose parents prospered operating a grocery and dry-goods store in Japantown, and Corky was the son of a wealthy architect and real-estate entrepreneur. When the U.S. entered World War II, Scott, Mark, Paul and Corky enlisted. Kenji, however, who was visiting Japan at the time hostilities began, “disappeared” in the turmoil of a world at war. Before leaving for overseas, Scott and Sophia, a Navy nurse, planned for their wedding. Unfortunately, he was rushed into combat before the two lovers could marry. Although critically wounded in the South Pacific, Scott recovered in time to participate in the Okinawa campaign—the last major confrontation with the Japanese army before the war ended.
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Love & Honor in the Pacific,
By Andrew Lubin "author of Charlie Battery; A Ma... (Bucks County, Pa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Class of Twenty-Eight (Paperback)
Most veterans write stories based (sometimes loosely) on their experiences in battle. First-time author Neil Moloney has instead penned a unique book covering the lives of five young men - five high school friends - four of whom enlisted in the military following the Pearl Harbor attack.
Moloney's story follows these young men from boot camp to battle, as they participate in the war in different branches of the service. In an interesting twist, one of the five is Japanese, and his story is that of a Japanese-American trapped in Japan on 7 December, and forced to fight against America. A former Marine who served in the South Pacific during WW2, Moloney's book deserves high ratings for his honest portrayal of combat, and how men behave in battle. He also remembered to weave in a war-time romance; so common as the young men - which brings in a touch of humanity to the brutality of the Marine's island war in the Pacific.
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