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First published in 1959 by Allan Wingate, first impression February 1959, hardcover. The jacket is whole, but rubbed in places and wear to the edges and folds. The back flaps have five longish sections where sticky tape has left marks. These marks have leached through to the reverse of the jacket. The boards are very lightly worn, but the spine is cocked, and the front boards lifts away a bit. The front and rear paste-downs and next few nearest pages have also the same sticky tap marks, where something was once attached to the inside of this book. The first two pages have an internal tear, and a gouge going through to the next few pages too. Thereafter the pages are undamaged, save for some dust / age discolouration, and a small stain on the collective edge near the back. From Kirkus Reviews:
At the start it seems like just another replay of the war in the Pacific as experienced by a bunch of marines; another round of bars and ""houses"" and griping and the build up of petty irritations into major issues. But bit by bit the men of the platoon take on reality. You begin to care what happens to them. The island in Hawaii where they are being trained for island fighting becomes familiar territory. And finally, when the destination is known and memory brings back the shuddering terrors of Saipan, you relive with them the agonies of that bitter campaign. The story centers chiefly on Mike Andreas, lieutenant and a replacement; on the slow process of his indoctrination, not only in the facts of war but the relations with his sergeants, his men, his superior officers. You care when his marriage seems to blow up in his face. And you follow his regeneration, his growth, and his accolade from his chief. Despite the realism, the crudities, this book packs a punch and is worth singling out.
