Jim McEnery,nbsp;born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, enlistednbsp;in the Marines in 1940.nbsp; He served atnbsp;Parris Island, South Carolina,nbsp;and Norfolk and Quantico, Virginia, where he joined the First Marine Division'snbsp;famed K-3-5 rifle company in June 1941 before shipping out to the Pacific afternbsp;the United States entered World War II.nbsp; He fought in three major campaigns against the Japanese -- Guadalcanal (the first offensive ground combat against the Japanese), Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu (perhaps the bloodiest land battle of the Pacific War).nbsp;After the war, he moved to New Jersey and worked at Rutgers University until he retired.nbsp;He lives in Ocala,… Florida.nbsp;Bill Sloan is a respected military historian and the author of more than a dozen books, including Brotherhood of Heroes;nbsp;The Ultimate Battle; and Undefeated. A former investigative reporter and feature writer for the Dallas Times-Herald,nbsp;where he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Sloan lives in Dallas, Texas.
Bill Sloan is a respected military historian and the author of more than a dozen books, including Brotherhood of Heroes and The Ultimate Battle. A former investigative reporter and feature writer for the Dallas Times-Herald,nbsp;where he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Sloan lives in Dallas, Texas.