The Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea-- the Forgotten War of the South...
- ISBN-10
- 0307335976
- ISBN-13
- 9780307335975
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 378
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- James Campbell
Description
An in-depth chronicle of a little-known episode during the Second World War describes how America's "Ghost Mountain Boys" endured hardship, malnutrition, disease, and harsh environmental conditions in a forty-two-day march from New Guinea's south coast across jungle and mountain terrain to the north coast battlefields of Buna. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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