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Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone By James Brady. 272 pp. Wiley, 2010. $25.95. In October 1942, marine Sgt. John Basilone earned the Medal of Honor on Guadalcanal by defeating a massive Japanese attack with his machine gun sections. The handsome young man of proud Italian descent became arguably the …
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Time Travel: Salvation at DunkirkAward-winning travel writer James Ullrich revisits a wartime scene of salvation in Dunkirk, France
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