What is a good book to read about the US Army ( not Marines) in the Pacific in WW II ?

John Miller's "United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The First Offensive;"

Phillip A. Crowl's "United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific: Campaign in the Marianas;"

those two are official U. S. Army accounts;

Louis Morton's "The Fall of the Philippines: U.S. Army in World War II," describes a major U.S. Army action in Bataan, and the great suffering endured.

*A Few Planes for China: The Birth of the Flying Tigers by Eugenie Buchan

*The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan by Sam Kleiner

*Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo by Cap. Ted W. Lawson

MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific by Walter R. Borneman

MacArthur’s Air Force: American Airpower over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941–51 by Bill Yenne

Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 by John C. McManus

Guadalcanal: The First Offensive - The War in the Pacific (U.S. Army in World War II - 50th Anniversary Commenorative Edition) by John Miller, Jr.

* NOTE: The Air Force use to be part of the Army. It was in 1952 when it was separated and became the U.S. Air Force. A separate branch in the military.

In the Pacific the Army showed up after the area was "secure". It was almost entirely a USN and USMC theater. So finding books on the Army in the Pacific theater is like trying to find books on USMC action in Europe.

Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" (1948). It is a great novel and happens to exactly match your needs.

James Jones' novels From Here To Eternity and The Thin Red Line.

Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" includes vast sections on the war in the Pacific--from both sides. Huge book and worth every page.

Lot has been written about Merrill's Marauders, they were US Army special light infantry outfit