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Marines in WWII on Battle of Saipan


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*Winner of The 2020 Best Book Award for Military History -- American Bookfest.* 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of World War II’s Bloodiest Battles is true history. 
An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky’s “40 Thieves” were chosen for their willingness to defy rules and beat all-comers. 
These  men were trained in an array of hand-to-hand killing techniques and then thrown into the battle for Saipan where they would wreak havoc in and around, but mostly behind, enemy lines.  Now Tachovsky’s son Joseph tells their remarkable story—a story he didn’t even know until after his father’s death—reported from an extensive documentary record, including priceless mementos his father kept, and from exhaustive interviews with survivors who served under Lieutenant “Ski.”
Joe talks to host Jim Fausone about the Marines, his father, the research for the book and the Four Roses bourbon tribute he pays these men at their graves.
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