Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

Watch author RV Burgin discuss Islands of the Damned and The Pacific . See R.V. Burgin in the award winning documentary film Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific. Click here for more information. This …

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