In the Pacific from Points Unknown

When Texas native P.G. Navarro shipped out for the Marines in World War II, the first generation Mexican American immigrant’s artistic skills landed him in the Second Marine Division’s mapping unit. However, the assignment far from spared him the rigors of active duty, sending him on a three-year odyssey traversing the Pacific. His often harrowing account takes the reader across the high seas, into New Zealand, and through the jungles of some of the most desolate islands of the Pacific, including the New Hebrides and Saipan. All the while his journey is punctuated by letters home to anxious family members, all censored so as not to reveal his exact location. As an outlet, Navarro utilized his prolific journaling and artistic skills to weave together an honest portrait of a man witnessing the daily atrocities of the war in the Pacific theater. It is through never before seen photos, original sketches and paintings from the front, his detailed narrative, and letters home, that Navarro manages to provide readers with a glimpse into the day-to-day life of a World War II Marine that is unparalleled in works of its genre to date.