Guadalcanal Legacy 50th Anniversary 1942 1992

Author : Philip D. Birkitt
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1563110539
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guadalcanal Legacy, 50th Anniversary, 1942-1992 written by Philip D. Birkitt and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artist James Tissot compiled photographs of his work in three albums, which are reproduced in this book.

Author : William H. Bartsch
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623492203
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victory Fever on Guadalcanal written by William H. Bartsch and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following their rampage through Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the five months after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces moved into the Solomon Islands, intending to cut off the critical American supply line to Australia. But when they began to construct an airfield on Guadalcanal in July 1942, the Americans captured the almost completed airfield for their own strategic use. The Japanese Army countered by sending to Guadalcanal a reinforced battalion under the command of Col. Kiyonao Ichiki. The attack that followed would prove to be the first of four attempts by the Japanese over six months to retake the airfield, resulting in some of the most vicious fighting of the Pacific War. During the initial battle on the night of August 20–21, 1942, Marines wiped out Ichiki’s men, who—imbued with “victory fever”—had expected a quick and easy victory. William H. Bartsch draws on correspondence, interviews, diaries, memoirs, and official war records, including those translated from Japanese sources, to offer an intensely human narrative of the failed attempt to recapture Guadalcanal’s vital airfield.

Author : William Bruce Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113400382X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pacific Campaign in World War II written by William Bruce Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific. Presenting previously unpublished documents this book freshly examines the key events in the fight for the Pacific.

Author : Geoffrey Roecker
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving Mac Behind written by Geoffrey Roecker and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My first telegram came Sep. 3 1942 that my son was missing in action. And the next telegram came Aug. 18 1943 that he was Declared Dead. Till this day I do not know what happened to him." Mrs. Ann M. Lyons, August 7, 1957. Between 1942 and 1944, nearly four hundred Marines virtually vanished in the jungles, seas, and skies of Guadalcanal. They were the victims of enemy ambushes and friendly fire, hard fighting and poor planning, their deaths witnessed by dozens or not at all. They were buried in field graves, in cemeteries as unknowns, or left where they fell. They were classified as "missing," as "not recovered," as "presumed dead." And in the years that followed, their families wondered at their fates and how an administrative decision could close the book on sons, brothers, and husbands without healing the wounds left by their absence. 'Leaving Mac Behind' reconstructs the lives, last moments, and legacies of some of these men. Original records, eyewitness accounts, and recent discoveries shed new light on the lost graves of Guadalcanal's missing Marines--and the ongoing efforts to bring them home.

Author : American Legion. Annual National Convention
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the 78th National Convention of the American Legion written by American Legion. Annual National Convention and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Pacific Collection
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Collection Acquisitions List written by University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Pacific Collection and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Guadalcanal, 1942-1992 written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jill A. Johnson
Publisher : Adventure Publications
ISBN 13 : 1591937574
Total Pages : 921 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Minnesota in World War II written by Jill A. Johnson and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, a total of 165 men from Minnesota’s smallest towns gave their lives for our country. Several were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, and Bronze Star. All received the award no one wanted: the Purple Heart. Most of their stories have never been told publicly. Little Minnesota in World War II, by Jill A. Johnson and Deane L. Johnson, honors these brave men from the smallest rural towns. From John Emery (who died December 7, 1941, on board the USS Arizona) to Herman Thelander (who was lost in the Bermuda Triangle, a mystery unsolved to this day), this unique book allows you to experience the war through personal accounts of the men and their families. With photos from the war, scans of actual letters, journal excerpts, and family memories, this one-of-a-kind book brings history to life and will make you feel prouder than ever to be Minnesotan.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Guadalcanal 1942-1992 written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 96 pages
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