The Green Hell: A Novel of World War II (The American Soldier Series)

The gritty story of Midwestern unfortunates drawing the shortest stick of World War II. Picture Michigan and Wisconsin National Guardsmen plunging into thick jungle and fetid malarial swamps. Spearheading General Douglas MacArthur’s inept first offensive in New Guinea, they supposedly were attacking starving, diseased push-overs. Instead, Japanese veterans outnumbered and outgunned the GIs … who themselves were starving and succumbing to malaria. Meanwhile, their ferocious adversaries were quite at home in the jungle. How did they prevail? Read how the Aussies, a fearless commander and tough NCOs pulled them through. In the end, they became expert warriors who racked up more combat time than any other American division.