You'll Be Sor-ree!: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War - Softcover

Phillips, Sid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425246299 ISBN 13: 9780425246290

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2012

Synopsis

You'll Be Sor-Ree! In this true story, Phillips remembers the rain of steel from Japanese bombers and battleships, the brutality of the tropical elements, and the haunting notion of being expendable. He also describes his encounters with such icons as Chesty Puller and Eleanor Roosevelt. Full description

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Review:

"For anyone who cares about the human dimension of war--its cost and its heroism--Sid Phillip's book is a must read."--Ken Burns, Emmy award-winning filmmaker of The War

"We have an extraordinary opportunity now to recognize perhaps THE key player, if there is one, if there's ONLY one key player, he might be at the very top of the pyramid... a native of Mobile, Alabama, a man who appears over and over in our series... Dr. Sid Phillips."--Tom Hanks, Executive Producer, The Pacific

"Like his life-long friend, Eugene Sledge, Sid Phillips speaks to us in these enchanting memoirs in his natural voice, engaging and modest, full of insight and intelligence, but ever alert to the lighter side of even the most dismal human circumstances. And like any great story teller, he leaves you wishing to hear a great deal more."--Richard B. Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle

About the Author:

Dr. Sid Phillips, a Guadalcanal Marine, was born Sept 2, 1924, and enlisted in the USMC the day after Pearl Harbor. Passing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, he departed his land a nervous seventeen-year- old. Two years later, when he kissed the docks in San Diego, he had come home a hero. Together Sid and his brothers in the legendary 1st Marine Division won the first epic victory of the war, saved Australia, and stopped the Japanese juggernaut in the Pacific. Today, Sid enjoys his golden years surrounded by his family. He and his sister, Katherine, have become internationally known after their notable roles in Ken Burns' documentary "The War" and the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg /Gary Goetzman miniseries, "The Pacific."

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0425246299
• ISBN 13: 9780425246290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272