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Islands of the Damned Audiobook by R. V. Burgin, Bill Marvel
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Title: Islands of the Damned
Subtitle: A Marine at War in the Pacific
Author: R. V. Burgin, Bill Marvel
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-02-10
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 188 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
This is an eyewitness - and eye-opening - account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman.
R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of 20 and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant. Along the way, he shouldered a rifle as a member of a mortar squad. He saw friends die and enemies killed. He saw scenes he wanted to forget but never did - from enemy snipers who tied themselves to branches in the highest trees, to ambushes along narrow jungle trails, to the abandoned corpses of hara kiri victims, to the final howling banzai attacks as the Japanese embraced their inevitable defeat.
An unforgettable narrative of a young Marine in combat, Islands of the Damned brings to life the hell that was the Pacific War.
Members Reviews:
Sledge's Squad Leader
If you appreciated "With the Old Breed" by E.B.Sledge, this Book is an essential read to flesh out the same story from a related perspective. This is the understated story of a Marine mortar man fighting through a Pacific hell that we today can only dimly imagine. Well Done!
island of the damned. the untild story
great first hand experience. goes along with history books. RV Burgin is an exampke for all Marines.
Jerry
I am sooo disappointed with this book. I have great respect for all of the troops that have served and will serve. But Burgin seems to have a very self-centered and high opinion of himself. He spends a lot of time telling the listener how great he was. Burgin seems to have a deep seated dislike for Sledge due to the number of negative comments he makes about Sledge.
Remembering my Dad
It was like listening to my Dad tell some of his war stories. He fought with the 1st Marine. He couldn't talk about the war until just before his death in 1997 I miss him every day. Thank you for this book. I wanted him to put his experiences, In a book but he died before we could.
loved it
loved it...easy read extremely encompassing simply told as if burgin was a friend of yours sipping on tea on a southern front porch on an amicable afternoon...amazingly told
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Title: Islands of the Damned
Subtitle: A Marine at War in the Pacific
Author: R. V. Burgin, Bill Marvel
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-02-10
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 188 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
This is an eyewitness - and eye-opening - account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman.
R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of 20 and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant. Along the way, he shouldered a rifle as a member of a mortar squad. He saw friends die and enemies killed. He saw scenes he wanted to forget but never did - from enemy snipers who tied themselves to branches in the highest trees, to ambushes along narrow jungle trails, to the abandoned corpses of hara kiri victims, to the final howling banzai attacks as the Japanese embraced their inevitable defeat.
An unforgettable narrative of a young Marine in combat, Islands of the Damned brings to life the hell that was the Pacific War.
Members Reviews:
Sledge's Squad Leader
If you appreciated "With the Old Breed" by E.B.Sledge, this Book is an essential read to flesh out the same story from a related perspective. This is the understated story of a Marine mortar man fighting through a Pacific hell that we today can only dimly imagine. Well Done!
island of the damned. the untild story
great first hand experience. goes along with history books. RV Burgin is an exampke for all Marines.
Jerry
I am sooo disappointed with this book. I have great respect for all of the troops that have served and will serve. But Burgin seems to have a very self-centered and high opinion of himself. He spends a lot of time telling the listener how great he was. Burgin seems to have a deep seated dislike for Sledge due to the number of negative comments he makes about Sledge.
Remembering my Dad
It was like listening to my Dad tell some of his war stories. He fought with the 1st Marine. He couldn't talk about the war until just before his death in 1997 I miss him every day. Thank you for this book. I wanted him to put his experiences, In a book but he died before we could.
loved it
loved it...easy read extremely encompassing simply told as if burgin was a friend of yours sipping on tea on a southern front porch on an amicable afternoon...amazingly told