1941年12月7日,日军偷袭珍珠港。曼彻斯特参加了美国海军陆战队,开始了他在太平洋战场对日作战的士兵生涯。而二战结束23年后,曼彻斯特的噩梦依然挥之不去。在梦中,他和一位为战争所累的年轻人(他自己)一起生活,年轻人“气愤地要求知道在他告别战争这近三十年间究竟发生了什么”。为了寻找答案,曼彻斯特故地重游,又回到了曾经的太平洋战场。这本回忆录以他和战友的经历为主线,以一座座曾在战争中如人间炼狱的太平洋岛屿:瓜达卡纳尔岛、塔拉瓦岛、佩勒琉岛等为背景,将真实的战争场景忠实还原。战争过程中人性闪光的瞬间与激动人心 December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Manchester joined the United States Marine Corps and began his career as a soldier to Japan in the Pacific War. 23 years after the end of World War II, the nightmare in Manchester is still lingering. In a dream, he lived with a young man who was tired of the war (himself) and the young man “angrily demanded to know what was happening during his farewell to the war for nearly three decades.” In search of an answer, Manchester revisited the site and returned to the former Pacific battlefield. This memoir is based on the experiences of his comrades-in-arms and comrades-in-arms. Against the background of the Pacific islands that used to be purgatory during the war: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleuleu, etc., the real war The scene faithfully restored. The flash of humanity during the war and the exciting moment