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Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures is a collection of humorous essays portraying western Nebraska life and culture of the 1950s. Anecdotes on small-town baseball and the polio epidemic of 1952 provide a historic backdrop to the story of a wide-eyed boy exploring the limits of his universe. The adventures of a Twain-inspired raft trip down the South Platte and Sputnik-inspired homemade rockets mirror a society of seemingly settled lifestyles and frenzied technological advances. Family travels, holidays with Grandpa and Grandma, and marvelous creations like his sisters stories of Susabelle and the magic Band-Aids weave a splendid tale. But Joness world is not one of sentimental nostalgia; running battles with town bullies, sobering encounters with religious buffoons, and an impressive collection of pedagogues specializing in violent corporal punishment capture the earthy essence of a world now largely disappeared.

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title The Long Road of War A Marines Story of Pacific Combat author - photo 1

title:The Long Road of War : A Marine's Story of Pacific Combat
author:Johnston, James W.
publisher:University of Nebraska Press
isbn10 | asin:0803276125
print isbn13:9780803276123
ebook isbn13:9780585349664
language:English
subjectJohnston, James W.,--1922- , World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, United States.--Marine Corps--Biography, Soldiers--United States--Biography.
publication date:1998
lcc:D767.9.J65 1998eb
ddc:940.54/26
subject:Johnston, James W.,--1922- , World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, United States.--Marine Corps--Biography, Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Page iii
The Long Road of War
A Marine's Story of Pacific Combat
James W. Johnston
Page iv 1998 by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved - photo 2
Page iv
1998 by the University
of Nebraska Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United
States of America
Picture 3
First Bison Books printing:
2000
Most recent printing indicated
by the last digit below:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Johnston, James W., 1922
The long road of war:
a marine's story of Pacific
combat /James W. Johnston.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8032-2585-7 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8032-7612-5 (pa : alk. paper)
1. Johnston, James W., 1922
2. World War, 19391945
CampaignsPacific Area.
3. World War, 19391945Personal
narratives, American.
4. United States. Marine CorpsBiography.
5. SoldiersUnited StatesBiography.
I. Title.
D767.9.J65 1998
940.54'26dc21 9723894
CIP
Page v
To my family, and to the brave men I knew
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
Preface
xv
1
My Introduction to the Corps
1
2
On to Australia
19
3
New Guinea and the Jungle
36
4
New Britain: My First Good Look at the Monkey Show
44
5
Pavuvu: A Lull before the Storm
68
6
Hell Has a Name: Peleliu
71
7
Return to Pavuvu
114
8
Okinawa: The Last Invasion
122
9
Home
163
Notes
169
Bibliography
173

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Illustrations
Photographs
Following page 78
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The author, age 6, and his brother, Josh
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The author, age 16, in Wauneta, Nebraska
Picture 6
The author, age 20, in San Diego, California
Picture 7
Leon Utter, Fifth Marines
Picture 8
Joe Lunsford, Fifth Marines
Picture 9
Bob Miles, Fifth Marines
Picture 10
Jack Howell, Fifth Marines
Map
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Areas of combat in the Pacific Theater discussed by the author: New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa

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Areas of combat in the Pacific Theater discussed by the author New Guinea New - photo 12
Areas of combat in the Pacific Theater discussed by the author: New Guinea, New Britain,
Peleliu, and Okinawa
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