“A Helmet for My Pillow” by Robert Leckie
This is one of the books that the HBO miniseries “The Pacific” was based on.
I also have recently read all of Dennis Lehane’s detective series of books:
“A Drink Before the War”
“Darkness Take My Hand”
“Sacred”
“Gone Baby Gone”
“Prayers for Rain”
I recently read all of the detective series books, except "Gone Baby Gone". I also finally read "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River". I was amazed how close the movies followed the books. Lehane is a great writer.