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Twenty-Two on Peleliu: Four Pacific Campaigns with the Corps: The Memoirs of an Old Breed Marine
Written by George Peto and Peter Margaritis
Narrated by Paul Brion
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On September 15, 1944, the U.S. First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was twenty-two-year-old George Peto.
Growing up on a farm in Ohio, George always preferred being outdoors and exploring. This made school a challenge, but his hunting, fishing, and trapping skills helped put food on his family's table. As a poor teenager living in a rough area, he got into regular brawls, and he found holding down a job hard because of his wanderlust. After working out West with the CCC, he decided that joining the Marines offered him the opportunity for adventure plus three square meals a day; so he and his brother joined the Corps in 1941.
Following boot camp and training, he was initially assigned to various guard units, until he was shipped out to the Pacific and assigned to the 1st Marines. His first combat experience was the landing at Finschhaven, followed by Cape Gloucester. Then as a Forward Observer, he went ashore in one of the lead amtracs at Peleliu and saw fierce fighting for a week before the regiment was relieved due to massive casualties. Six months later, his division became the immediate reserve for the initial landing on Okinawa.
Growing up on a farm in Ohio, George always preferred being outdoors and exploring. This made school a challenge, but his hunting, fishing, and trapping skills helped put food on his family's table. As a poor teenager living in a rough area, he got into regular brawls, and he found holding down a job hard because of his wanderlust. After working out West with the CCC, he decided that joining the Marines offered him the opportunity for adventure plus three square meals a day; so he and his brother joined the Corps in 1941.
Following boot camp and training, he was initially assigned to various guard units, until he was shipped out to the Pacific and assigned to the 1st Marines. His first combat experience was the landing at Finschhaven, followed by Cape Gloucester. Then as a Forward Observer, he went ashore in one of the lead amtracs at Peleliu and saw fierce fighting for a week before the regiment was relieved due to massive casualties. Six months later, his division became the immediate reserve for the initial landing on Okinawa.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Remarkable autobiography of a US Marine fighting in WW2 Pacific theater. Comparable story to Helmet for My Pillow (Leckie) and With The Old Breed (Sledge) among so many other historical accounts.
I thoroughly enjoyed the untarnished truth of Peto’s courage to tell his life story by including so many of his comrades who gave their lives. A must read. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Thanks for your service and all, George, but someone should have told you you weren't much of a writer. Obviously coming after EB Sledge's masterpiece it's mean to judge, but the first three chapters could have been dealt with with one sentence: "I grew up in the Great Depression, my dad drank a lot and life was hard. Oh, and I did a lot of pranking and stuff."
I couldn't make it into the combat sections because it was all "And then we got out of the boat. The boat was parked on the shore so our feet didn't even get wet. My friend Henry and my jobs were unloading the LST. I took the first load out and it was pouring rain."
Someone just needs to, umm . . . EDITORIALISE. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Highly recommended. Excellent detail, fascinating read, one of the best.