An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky's "40 Thieves" were chosen for their willingness to defy rules and beat all-comers. These men were then thrown into the battle for Saipan—Emperor Hirohito's "Treasure" and the bulwark of the Japanese Empire in the Pacific—where they would wreak havoc behind enemy lines. In this memoir, Tachovsky's son Joseph tells their remarkable story, a tense tale that he didn't even know until after his father's death.