40 Thieves on Saipan
by Joseph Tachovsky
2020-06-16 07:41:48
Winner of The 2020 Best Book Award for Military History -- American Bookfest An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovskyâs â40 Thievesâ were chosen for their willingness to defy rules and beat all-comers. When ...
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Winner of The 2020 Best Book Award for Military History -- American Bookfest An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovskyâs â40 Thievesâ were chosen for their willingness to defy rules and beat all-comers. When two Marines got into a fight, the loser ended up in the infirmary, the winner in the brig. Tachovsky wanted the winner on his teamâa brush with military law was a recommendation. These full-blooded men were trained in a ruthless array of hand-to-hand killing techniques and then thrown into the battle for SaipanâEmperor Hirohitoâs âTreasureâ and the bulwark of the Japanese Empire in the Pacificâwhere they would wreak havoc in and around, but mostly behind, enemy lines. They witnessed inhuman atrocities; walked into an ambush after the cunning Japanese used wounded Marines as bait; endured body-punishing extremes of heat, hunger, and thirst; fought a relentless enemy who would not surrender; and watched best friends die. Now Tachovskyâs son Joseph tells their remarkable storyâa story he didnât even know until after his fatherâs deathâreported from an extensive documentary record, including priceless mementos his father kept, and from exhaustive interviews with survivors who served under Lieutenant âSki.â This is how America won the war in the Pacific, where âuncommon valor was a common virtue.â 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of World War IIâs Bloodiest Battles is true history. Itâs also an adventure you donât want to miss.
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