Shadows In The Jungle The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines In World War Ii Larry Alexander Alexander by Larry Alexander [alexander, Larry] 9781440687358, 9780789729705, 0789729709, 1440687358, B001QA4SQK instant download after payment.

A new account of World War II heroism from the national bestselling author of Biggest Brother.

Determined to retake the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur organized a first- rate intelligence-gathering unit. They were called the Alamo Scouts.

Larry Alexander follows the men who made up the elite recon unit that served as General MacArthur's eyes and ears in the Pacific War. Drawing from personal interviews and testimonies from Scout veterans, Alexander weaves together the tales of the individual Scouts, who often spent weeks behind enemy lines to complete their missions. Now, more than sixty years after the war, the story of the Alamo Scouts will finally be told.

"One of those rare works of nonfiction that does indeed read like a novel and also sheds light on a heroic and almost unknown group of men." ---Michael Korda, New York Times bestselling author of Ike: An American Hero

“One of those rare works of nonfiction that does indeed read like a novel and also sheds light on a heroic and almost unknown group of men, while reminding us of just how brutal and unforgiving the war in the Southwest Pacific was.”
—Michael Korda, New York Times bestselling author of Ike: An American Hero