· Sherrod’s book about the experience, Tarawa: The Story of a Battle, was one of the defining eyewitness accounts of the war — even if the eyewitness itself acknowledged he was hardly doing the reality justice. “What I saw on Betio was, I am certain, one of the greatest works of devastation wrought by man,” Sherrod wrote. Robert Sherrod was a journalist that was part the assault on Tarawa. This book was written shortly after the battle and before the war ended. It is a fascinating eyewitness account. What is also interesting aspect his personal comments on the war and how Americans at home don't understand the sacrafices that the Marines are making to win the war/5. Tarawa: The Story of a Battle. Tarawa.: Robert Lee Sherrod. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, - Tarawa, Battle of, - pages. 1 Review. "This is the story of 4/5(1).
Sherrod was in a good mood because his first book, Tarawa:The Story of a Battle, detailing his experiences with the Second Marine Division battling Japanese troops on Beito Island in the Tarawa Atoll, had just been published—an event, he noted, that "lives in the memory, like the day I was married, the day my first child was born, the day I got my diploma.". Tarawa: The Story of a Battle. Tarawa.: Robert Lee Sherrod. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, - Tarawa, Battle of, - pages. 1 Review. "This is the story of what one reporter saw and heard and thought during one battle. No official documents have been consulted. Sherrod's book about the experience, Tarawa: The Story of a Battle, was one of the defining eyewitness accounts of the war — even if the eyewitness itself acknowledged he was hardly doing the reality justice. "What I saw on Betio was, I am certain, one of the greatest works of devastation wrought by man," Sherrod wrote.
Robert Sherrod was a journalist that was part the assault on Tarawa. This book was written shortly after the battle and before the war ended. It is a fascinating eyewitness account. What is also interesting aspect his personal comments on the war and how Americans at home don't understand the sacrafices that the Marines are making to win the war. TARAWA THE STORY OF A BATTLE by ROBERT SHERROD and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru This is one of the most gripping accounts of a man in battle that you can read. Sherrod was a was correspondent with the Marines and landed in the morning of the first day of Tarawa. By that evening, he did not expect to live through the night. Tarawa was one of the most intense battles of the entire Pacific War, and this book does it full justice.
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