Woo hoo, this old thread revived from the dead! I forgot about it till I received a notification in my inbox.
Since it's a lot closer to publication (< 2 months now!) I'll take this moment to hawk the book I proofread in 2010.
Sterling Mace served as a BAR man in K/3/5 (think: Eugene Sledge). Sterling and his fellow riflemen were indeed the true tip of the spear of the assaults on Peleliu, Ngesebus, and Okinaway in 1944 and 1945...some of the most gruesome and visceral combat of WWII. Last month, Sterling celebrated his 88th birthday, yet he recalls events with a surprising alacrity given the amount of time that has passed.
The book goes on sale May 8th in both print and kindle format, and I'll leave the link below.
http://www.amazon.com/Battleground-P...2356717&sr=8-1
Since I last posted here, I took up a job in IT at a small midwestern college, and have enjoyed the opportunity to take classes free-of-charge. (at $580/credit hour, it's no small benefit!) and I recently finished an undergraduate course entitled "The United States in World War 2" ...quite an interesting class, and I found it quite valuable.
Thanks for keeping the suggestions running, I'll refer back to this thread when I'm out of reading material.
If I were to list my five favorite WWII books today, they would be, in this order:
1) Unbroken
2) With the Old Breed / China Marine (do yourself a favor, read them both)
3) Flags of our Fathers
4) Ghost Soldiers
5) Flyboys