Following fifteen Marines from Pearl Harbor through their battles with the Japanese to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought. With unprecedented access, this book presents true stories of heroism as told by such veterans as Sid Phillips, R.V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum—whose exploits were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific—and their Marine buddies from the 1st Marine Division.