I'm Staying With My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

Jim Proser, Jerry Cutter

ISBN 10: 0312611447 / ISBN 13: 9780312611446

Published by St. Martin's Griffin, New York, NY, 2010

About this Item

St. Martin's Griffin, New York. 2010. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 4th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 336 pp. This is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Probably the most famous Marine of WWII, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, The Navy Cross, and the Purple Heart for his actions on Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima where he was killed by an enemy artillery round. This is the only family authorized biography of SGT Basilone. A clean new edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I'm Staying With My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312611447
• ISBN 13: 9780312611446
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • WWII in the Pacific
  • Biographies
  • General Military

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Synopsis

"I'm Staying with My Boys" is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time. "The HBO" miniseries tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - John Basilone, Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge - across the vast canvas of the Pacific. "I'm Staying with My Boys" is the only family-authorized biography of Basilone, and it features photographs never before published. Distinctive among military biographies, the story is told in the first person, allowing readers to experience his transformation, forged in the horrors of battle, from aimless youth to war hero known as 'Manila John'.

About the Authors

Jim Proser's first book, I'm Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC, was awarded the United States Marine Corps Commandant's Recommendation. Prosner wrote and directed, with Jerry Cutter, a documentary of the same name, and I'm Staying with My Boys was used as source material for HBO's critically acclaimed, award-winning miniseries, The Pacific.

Jerry Cutter is the nephew of Sgt. John Basilone, an American Hero of World War II in the Pacific whose courageous actions are described in his official biography, I'm Staying with My Boys. Cutter also worked with Jim Prosner on the documentary the same name. He lives in Hilton Head, South Carolina.