Dispatches from the Pacific: The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod

by Ray E. Boomhower

Book Overview

In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa Atoll with the US Marine Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod chronicled combat and the marines' day-to-day struggles as they leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253030366
• ISBN13: 9780253030368
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher