MACARTHUR'S BLOODY BUTCHERS: Company G, 163rd Infantry Regiment, in the Pacific War

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Brings together the wartime experience of Company G of the 163rd Infantry Regiment, 41st Division, U.S. Army, during World War II in the Pacific through the words of their veterans. The narrative follows the company from training in the Pacific Northwest, to Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and onto Japan. Each of the actions in which Company G participated is described at every level -- divisional, regimental, battalion, company, and individual -- to show how strategies and decisions made at the highest levels were experienced by individual soldiers.