Title: Battleground
First published: 1991
Description: W.E.B. Griffin is a bestselling phenomenom, an American master of authentic military action and drama. Now, in this electrifying new novel, he reveals the story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific, the epic struggle for Guadalcanal...Daredevil pilot Charles Galloway learns the hard way how to command a fighter squadron. Lt. Joe Howard teams up with the Coastwatchers. Jack "No Middle Initial" Stecker leads his infantry battalion into the thickest of fighting, at a terrible price. And Navy Captain Pickering grabs a helmet and rifle to join the ranks at Guadalcanal...
Subjects: Fiction, History, Military, Military History, United States, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, men's adventure, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Mccoy, ken (fictitious character), fiction
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3557.R489137 C68 1990 bk. 4