Bougainville

A Marine's Story

by Doan Helms, Jr.


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 26/01/2011

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 104
ISBN : 9781456712242

About the Book

"Bougainville - A Marine's Story" is part of my father's (Doan Helms) autobiography. He was an Indiana farm boy born in 1920. This rousing page turner describes him enlisting in the Marines shortly after Pearl Harbor, his relationship with his future wife, and follows him through boot camp at Parris Island, and then to the Pacific with duty at Samoa, New Zealand, Guadalcanal, and finally Bougainville, a campaign that received very little coverage. Most of the flag raisers at Iwo Jimo had been through Bougainville, and were spooked by what they called "the Bougainville Curse", the belief that they would not live through another battle.


About the Author

At the close of World War II, Doan Helms was awarded the Ernie Pyle Scholarship, went on to graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism at Indiana University, and had a successful career in advertising. I (Jack Helms) keystroked this story from a hard copy after my father passed away.