A profile of the only World War II Marine to win the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart parallels his career with notable World War II memoirists while tracing his significant achievements at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.

USMC Commandant's Professional Reading List 2021 -- Candidate, Midshipman. Originally published: Hilton Head, S.C. : Lightbearer Communications, 2004.

D-Day, Iwo Jima, 0700 hours -- Manila John -- In the Army now -- Back home -- Civilian life -- Into the breech -- On to the canal -- Bloody Ridge -- On the attack -- Hitting the fan -- "I'm staying with my boys. They need me.".