A Handsome Guy: True story of the elite Marine Scout/Snipers during the WWII Battle of Okinawa [Paperback]

Phillip R. Dolan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 20, 2004

A young and naive American country boy joined the Marine Corps to “. . . find a lot of glory . . .” and instead found himself engaged in the bloody WWII Battle of Okinawa as an elite scout/sniper. No glory would be found. In A Handsome Guy, Jack Dolan and his friend Frank Moody detail the horrifying experiences that made them wounded war heros of the finest kind. They tell a story of combat as it truly was in the Pacific War.For nearly sixty years, Jack Dolan would give only sanitized versions of his life in the War’s last great battle. Here, for the first time, is the real narrative of life and death in the last battle of the war. Shocking, and sometimes even perversely funny, these two former Marines reveal a time of life that was a three-month brush with death.President Harry Truman was convinced by the unbelievable casualty rates for both sides on Okinawa, to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (July 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413726372
• ISBN-13: 978-1413726374
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,220,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Snipers on Okinawa WWII, January 29, 2005

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Christy Eberhardt (San Pedro, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Handsome Guy: True story of the elite Marine Scout/Snipers during the WWII Battle of Okinawa (Paperback)

We taught our Marine Scout Snipers to "creep, crawl and sneak" for the sole purpose of hunting and killing men from ambush. "A Handsome Guy" revisits a true life story as told to the author, Phillip R. Dolan, by the Scout Snipers themselves. It is a chilling, realistic account which forever changes the reader's preception of War. It becomes clear that these men actually enjoyed the stalking and the pursuit of their fellow men; they thought of them as "fair game." They even competed to see who could rack up the most kills. The deprivation they were forced to endure was horrible. They were "starving to death" and covered with blood, mud and fleas. This account is clear, honest and was the result of extensive research. If you have never fought in a War, you will experience it as if you were there. If you are a History buff, you will enjoy the detailed account of all the action. if you want to read about real heros, read "A Handsome Guy."