Giants Among Kings: King Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines and their Odyssey into the Heart of the Rising Sun

Giants of men, the Kings were Marines whose experiences in training and combat were as intense as they were unimaginable—and their story is unlike any other in the vast history of World War II and the Pacific theater.

Joining the Marines in 1942 guaranteed an American youth only two things: the toughest military training and frontline combat in some of the most intense and brutal clashes of World War II. Yet this was exactly what each soon-to-be Marine was looking for as he walked into his h...