I read that book about sixty years ago! Great read along with Ernie Pyle’s books.
Been years since I have seen the movie.
As a Boomer baby I grew up with World War 2 on the mainstream media’s front burner. My father and all my uncles had been in the war and my grandfathers had been in World War One.
I paid a lot of attention to it because the trend seemed to be that I would be called to serve, too, by the time I reached soldier-age. I learned marksmanship.
As it happened, I was not called to serve.
Kids from the last few generations have not grown up with the understanding that they might be required to face actual mortal combat.
The nook was reality. The movie was okay and I take exception to its description that it was first real combat movie. Wake Island stands alone with that honor.
Read Guadalcanal Diary about 55 years ago, and again a few years back. Gripping.