Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Books
  2. Biographies
  3. History, politics, and warfare

Read and listen for free for 14 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
4.0(1)

The Last to Die : A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II

On August 18, 1945, US Army sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. Marchione, a gunner in the US Air Force, died like so many before him in World War II-quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy. Though tragic, Marchione's death would have been no more notable than any other had he not had the dubious distinction of being the last American killed in World War II combat. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with many of the story's key participants, Last to Die is a rousing tale of air combat, bravery, cowardice, hubris, and determination, all set during the turbulent and confusing final days of World War II.


Author:

  • Stephen Harding

Narrator:

  • Jack Garrett

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 8 h 44 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Biographies
  • History, politics, and warfare
  • True stories
  • War stories
  • History
  • Military history
  • History
  • World War II
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Warfare

More by Stephen Harding

Skip the list
  1. La última batalla : Cuando estadounidenses y alemanes combatieron juntos contra las Waffen-SS

    Stephen Harding

    book
  2. Viimeinen operaatio : Kun amerikkalaiset ja saksalaiset yhdistivät voimansa SS-joukkoja vastaan

    Stephen Harding

    book
  3. Dawn of Infamy

    Stephen Harding

    audiobook
  4. The Castaway's War

    Stephen Harding

    audiobook

Others have also read

Skip the list
  1. Mental Fitness : 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

    audiobook
  2. The Grey Goose of Arnhem

    Leo Heaps

    audiobook
  3. World War II: The Pacific

    audiobook
  4. The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty

    Lt. William Bligh

    audiobook
  5. The Hard Way : Adapt, Survive and Win

    Mark 'Billy' Billingham, Simon Slater

    audiobookbook
  6. Where the Iron Crosses Grow

    Robert Forczyk

    audiobook
  7. Those Who Hold Bastogne

    Peter Schrijvers

    audiobook
  8. September Hope : The American Side of a Bridge Too Far

    John C. McManus

    audiobook
  9. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

    Adam Higginbotham

    audiobookbook
  10. Frozen in Time

    Owen Beattie, John Geiger

    audiobook
  11. Frozen in Time : An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II

    Mitchell Zuckoff

    audiobook
  12. Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto

    Tilar J. Mazzeo

    audiobook

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms · Imprint ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5