A harrowing portrait of a largely forgotten campaign that pushed one battalion to the limits of human suffering.<br><br>Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division's “Ghost Mountain Boys” were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign in World War II: to march over the 10,000-foot Owen Stanley Mountains to protect the right flank of the Australian army during the battle for New Guinea. Reminiscent of the classics like <i>Band of Brothers</i> and <i>The Things They Carried</i>, <i>The Ghost Mountain Boys</i> is part war diary, part extreme-adventure tale, and—through letters, journals, and interviews—part biography of a group of men who fought to survive in an environment every bit as fierce as the enemy they faced. Theirs is one of the great untold stories of the war. <br><br>“Superb.” <br>—<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i><br><br>“Campbell started out with history, but in the end he has written a tale of survival and courage of near-mythic proportions.” <br>—<i>America in WWII</i> magazine<br><br>“In this compelling and sprightly written account, Campbell shines a long-overdue light on the equally deserving heroes of the Red Arrow Division.” <br>—Military.com