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020 _a9781986129794
100 1 _aRobert Drynan
245 1 _aThe Apprenticeship of Stefan Varek
260 _bCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
300 _a220 pages
520 _aCzech-American Stefan Varek barely escapes Europe ahead of the Nazi invasion. He enlists in the U.S. Marines, and his tour of duty carries him from Shanghai to the Battle of the Java Sea, then to New Guinea and on to the Battle of Guadalcanal. He is also assigned for a time to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff as a runner, where he witnesses firsthand the egos and jealousies of its officers.
650 _aWar
650 _aHistorical Fiction
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