{"product_id":"the-phantom-the-untold-story-of-the-american-marine-the-nazis-could-not-kill-bob-drury-hardcover","title":"The Phantom: The Untold Story of the American Marine the Nazis Could Not Kill -- Bob Drury, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoldier, spy, scout, saboteur, and French Resistance leader in the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe--the untold story of Marine legend Pete Ortiz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajor Pierre \"Pete\" Ortiz was a Manhattan-born and Paris-educated polymath fluent in five languages. An adventuresome French Foreign Legion veteran specifically recruited by \"Wild\" Bill Donovan's Office of Strategic Services (the precursor to both the CIA and U.S. Special Forces) upon his enlistment in the Marines, Ortiz was the officer \"Wild Bill\" instinctively knew he needed and could rely on to complete a string of clandestine missions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile recuperating from gunshot wounds received during a behind-the-lines excursion into enemy-held North Africa, Ortiz delivered his After-Action Report directly to Donovan in Washington. After reading it, \"Wild Bill\" scrawled across the top of the report: \"Please re-employ this man as soon as possible.\" Ortiz's handlers heeded Donovan's request. Within a year Ortiz was surreptitiously parachuted into the Haute Savoie region of Occupied France, where he made contact with the resistance fighters who called themselves Maquisards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time he retired as a United States Marine Corps colonel, he received two Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism in World War II. He was one of the very few U.S. Marines to serve in combat in Europe during World War II, and one of the most decorated Marine officers of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Drury,Tom Clavin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250285850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOB DRURY and TOM CLAVIN\u003c\/b\u003e are the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hill, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eBlood and Treasure; The Heart of Everything That Is; Lucky 666; Halsey's Typhoon; Last Men Out; Valley Forge;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Stand of Fox Company, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's General Wallace M. Greene, Jr. Award. They live in Manasquan, New Jersey, and Sag Harbor, New York, respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bob Drury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67490233581796,"sku":"9781250285850","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781250285850.jpg?v=1791359422","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-phantom-the-untold-story-of-the-american-marine-the-nazis-could-not-kill-bob-drury-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}