THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL:
THE STORY OF A MARINE COMBAT UNIT IN THE PACIFIC
by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1946. First Edition, first printing. Very good hardcover, in good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, edge-wear and tears to dj have been repaired with archival tape, no win archival mylar wrapper. Dyed topedge, illustrated, 221 pages.
In May 1944, the author was an U.S. Marine sergeant and war correspondent with the 3rd Marine Division, leaving Guadalcanal for Guam. Josephy's eyewitness account portrays one of the bloodiest single episodes of the Pacific conflict: the battle of Iwo Jima. The text is accompanied by numerous photos.
Josephy describes the Chagui'an massacre site at Yigo where approximately 45 young Chamorro men, who were munitions carriers for the Japanese, were beheaded or shot by Japanese soldiers just days before the end of the war. We are certain they all believed they would have been let go, but no one survived. Josephy's descriptions of the site are all that the people of Guam have regarding the massacre at Chagui'an. Josephy's book memorializes the account and insures that it will not be forgotten.
Loc: E9
THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL:
THE STORY OF A MARINE COMBAT UNIT IN THE PACIFIC
by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1946. First Edition, first printing. Very good hardcover, in good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, edge-wear and tears to dj have been repaired with archival tape, no win archival mylar wrapper. Dyed topedge, illustrated, 221 pages.
In May 1944, the author was an U.S. Marine sergeant and war correspondent with the 3rd Marine Division, leaving Guadalcanal for Guam. Josephy's eyewitness account portrays one of the bloodiest single episodes of the Pacific conflict: the battle of Iwo Jima. The text is accompanied by numerous photos.
Josephy describes the Chagui'an massacre site at Yigo where approximately 45 young Chamorro men, who were munitions carriers for the Japanese, were beheaded or shot by Japanese soldiers just days before the end of the war. We are certain they all believed they would have been let go, but no one survived. Josephy's descriptions of the site are all that the people of Guam have regarding the massacre at Chagui'an. Josephy's book memorializes the account and insures that it will not be forgotten.
Loc: E9
