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Heroes don't Run.

'''Heroes Don't Run'is a novel by the American author Harry Mazer. The story is about 18 year old Adam Pelko who joins the United States Marine Corps during the Pacific War. Adam meets Andy, Roy, and Ben Bright, all Marine recruits. At boot camp Adam is instructed by Drill Instructor Bessie and Corporal Peeler. After boot camp Adam sails to Okinawa, where he meet Sargent "Rosie" Rosenthal. Rosie is killed saving Adam from a Japanese grenade. Adam is sent to Hawaii, and later to the States, where he learns that the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagaski, which resulted in the Empire of Japan surrendering to the United States of America and the Allies