Daniel Wrinn

WW2, pacific-theater-of-operations, historical-figures, historical-places-events, historical-research, history-and-culture, military-history, USMC, jungle-warfare, 1944*****

The aftermath of this particular conflict did provide a particular service to the war effort, but the documented cost in human life was high. This episode explains the motives and plans for both sides and shows the conflict between the generals as well as the marines.
The narrator is no-nonsense Gary Williams who infuses it with controlled interest while making it clear that this is a nonfiction account.
I won this audio in a giveaway!… (mehr)

WW2, Pacific-theater-of-operations, historical-figures, historical-places-events, historical-research, history-and-culture, military-history, USMC, 1943, 1944, jungle-warfare*****

Detailed accounting of this particular campaign in the South Pacific. I think that it's good for me that this is one of several short segments of a whole as I would get lost in all the divisions and battalions of US Marines as it all came together. Well done! I listened to it with my USMC grandson.
The narrator is no-nonsense James McSorley who infuses it with controlled interest while making it clear that this is a nonfiction account.
I won this audio in a giveaway!… (mehr)

WW2, Pacific-theater-of-operations, historical-places-events, historical-research, history-and-culture, commando-raids, military-history, USMC*****

I learned more than usual this time. This episode begins in 1942 with the development of commando trained US Marines turning them into raiders and the epithet gung ho (all together) adapted from the Chinese. I had just learned about British commando training which was existent prior to our jungle warfare in the Southern Hemisphere. The documentary style is well suited to reporting on the bravery and trials of our Marines.
The narrator is no-nonsense Gary Williams who infuses it with interest while making it clear that this is a nonfiction account.
I won this audiobook in a giveaway.… (mehr)