Sid Phillips joined
the Marines at age 17 and found himself fighting in the Pacific War on Guadalcanal
as part of H-Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division (H-2-1),
the same unit as Helmet for My Pillow author Robert Leckie. Sid
also was lifelong friends with With the Old Breed author Eugene
Sledge.
Now publically available
for the first time, these are the humble and candid tales that Sid collected
during his Pacific war odyssey from the bloody banks of the Tenaru to the
romantic respite of Melbourne to the monsoon-soaked jungles of Cape Gloucester.
Each Signed Edition
book is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and will ship bubble-wrapped
and boxed. Limit two per customer.