Monday, April 03, 2006

The Survivor

The Survivor (1964) by Robb White

The author served in the Pacific in WWII, which is the setting for the novel. A Navy pilot joins marines on a recon mission to a Japanese-held island. Everything goes horribly wrong and a lot of good, brave men die. And, once again, that is what war is.

The title is somewhat ironic, since the protagonist does not survive the mission.

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