A Lesser Tale of the South Pacific: Reminiscences of World War II

"A young Army officer describes his experiences as his troopship convoy sails in January 1942 from Brooklyn to Australia, then New Caledonia. The story then moves to Guadalcanal and to combat action in the Russell Islands, New Georgia, Vella Lavella, and Bougainville Island, and finally, to the author's return to San Francisco. The author portrays life in his artillery battery and relates incidents that happened to him and others in the unit. The story is told with wit and poignancy. "