MacArthur's Bloody Butchers: Company G, 163rd Infantry Regiment, in the Pacific War [Hardcover]

& stands as an important component in assembling a granular understanding of the Armys role in the Pacific. While broadly focused writings that document the strategic and operational history of the campaigns and battles abound, this books detailed accounts provide precious witness statements regarding the personal travails of the individual soldier.  On Point: The Journal of Army HistoryAn all-round account of the actions of Company G of the 163rd Infantry Regiment, 41st Division, U.S. Army, during World War II in the Pacific. The narrative follows the company from training in the Pacific Northwest, to Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and onto Japan. Each of the actions in which Company G participated is described at every leveldivisional, regimental, battalion, company, and individualto show how strategies and decisions made at the highest levels were experienced by individual soldiers.At the heart of the book are the stories of some of the men of Company G, including Jack Anderson, who had been with the 163rd as a National Guardsman before the war and served through the occupation of Japan; Doyle Bruce, a draftee from Texas who joined the U.S. Army in the weeks before Pearl Harbor and served through Company Gs last combat mission; Bruce Baird, a draftee from Ogden, Utah whose injuries at Biak resulted in rotation home in 1945; and Hargis Westerfield, who joined Company G as a replacement after the units first combat mission and survived to the end of the war. By combining their experiences with the elements of a more traditional military history the book provides a complete picture of one company's war.An intimate account of the Pacific War, through the experiences of one infantry company.As a part of the 163rd Infantry Regiment, Company G played a key role in defeating the Imperial Japanese forces as the Battle of Sanananda and securing control of Papua, New Guinea for Allied forces in January 1943.Brings together the experience of Company G throulÃ&