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With the Japanese deeply entrenched and determined to die rather than surrender, Robert Dick and his fellow soldiers quickly realised that theirs would be a war fought inch by bloody inch-and that their Sherman tanks would serve front and center. As driver, Dick had to maneuver his five-man crew in and out of dangerous and often deadly situations. Whether crawling up beaches, bogged down in the mud-soaked Leyte jungle, or exposed in the treacherous valleys of Okinawa, the Sherman was a favorite target. A land mine could blow off the tracks, leaving its crew marooned and helpless, and the nightmare of swarms of Japanese armed with satchel charges was all too real. But there was a war to be won, and Americans like Robert Dick did their jobs without fanfare, and without glory. This gripping account of tanker combat is a ringing testament to the awe-inspiring bravery of ordinary Americans.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Cutthroats
• Subtitle: The Adventures of a Sherman Tank Driver in the Pacific
• Author: Robert Dick
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780891418849
• ISBN: 0891418849
• ID: 04755744
• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Weight: 152 g
• Dimensions: 109 × 174 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 2006

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