The Green Hell : A Novel Of World War Ii

This is the story of Midwestern unfortunates who drew the first and shortest stick of World War II. They were the first National Guard division activated for national service, the first division sent overseas and the first American division sent into battle. Moreover, they had the misfortune to be the spearhead of General Douglas MacArthur's first inept offensive against the Japanese in New Guinea. Told they would face a push-over - a starving, sickened enemy -- the green troops of the 32nd Infantry Division found themselves outnumbered and outgunned by veteran Japanese troops. Their adversaries were warriors of unparalleled tenacity willing to die and quite at home in New Guinea's impenetrable jungles and fetid malarial swamps.The weight of allied might and technology eventually proved to be too much for the Japanese. Too, the men of the 32nd, the survivors, learned how to fight and kill. And, in the end, they became a tough veteran outfit that logged more days of combat than any other.

• | Author: J. Scott Payne
• | Publisher: Argon Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 13, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1944815368
• | ISBN-13: 9781944815363