As the Japanese forces close in for an all-out effort to recapture Guadalcanal from the American forces occupying the island, many fates converge and intertwine. First Lieutenant William Dunn, twenty-one years old but already one of only two pilots remaining from his fighter squadron's original sixteen, must learn what it is like to lead men – and to lose them … Hot tempered Sergeant Thomas McCoy finds he has a hero's welcome waiting stateside 0 if he can avoid a court-martial first … On a bloody island, Major Jake Dillon discovers just how much combat is involved in a combat correspondent's life … First Lieutenant R. B. Macklin, a consummate bully, is put on a War Bond tour so he will not endanger his own men. … General Fleming Pickering, on a ticklish diplomatic mission, attempts to balance the hot and mighty temperaments of Douglas MacArthur, OSS chief Bill Donovan and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox … Corporal Robert Easterbrook, still we behind the ears, discovers that the price of success in wartime may be uncomfortably high …

Close Combat by W. E. B. Griffin is the sixth book in the thrilling military fiction series, The Corps. Written by acclaimed author W. E. B. Griffin, this book takes readers on an action-packed journey through the challenges and triumphs of the Marine Corps during World War II. Close Combat is a must-read for fans of historical fiction and military novels.