by Michael T. Tracy (Author)

U.S. Marine Robert B. Tracy was a machine gunner in Company E, 9th Regiment, 3rd Marine Division during World War II. Having fought on Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima he survived all battles in the Pacific Theater of the war. Through his surviving letters gives the reader a glimpse of the hardships this Marine experienced, the battles he fought and finally his eventual outcome.