Lonely Vigil

Author : Walter Lord
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453238492
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lonely Vigil written by Walter Lord and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines. The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands’ highest points. Sometimes encamped in comfort, sometimes exposed to the elements, these coastwatchers kept lookout for squadrons of Japanese bombers headed for Allied positions, holding their own positions even when enemy troops swarmed all around. They were Australian-born but Solomon-raised, and adept at survival in the unforgiving jungle environment. Through daring and insight, they stayed one step ahead of the Japanese, often sacrificing themselves to give advance warning of an attack. In Lonely Vigil, Walter Lord, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Night to Remember and The Miracle of Dunkirk, tells of the survivors of the campaign and what they risked to win the war in the Pacific.

Author : John J. Domagalski
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 159797840X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sunk in Kula Gulf written by John J. Domagalski and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early morning hours of July 6, 1943, found the USS "Helena" off the Solomon Islands in what would later be known as the Battle of Kula Gulf. But the ship s participation in the battle came to a swift end when three Japanese torpedoes suddenly struck. One hundred and sixty-eight sailors went down with the ship, many never surviving the initial torpedo hits. As the last of the "Helena" disappeared below the ocean s surface, the remaining crewmen s struggle for survival had only just begun."Sunk in Kula Gulf" tells the epic story of the "Helena" s survivors. Two destroyers plucked more than seven hundred from the sea in a night rescue operation as the battle continued to rage. A second group of eighty-eight sailors clustered into three lifeboats made it to a nearby island and was rescued the next day. A third group of survivors, spread over a wide area, was missed entirely. Clinging to life rafts or debris, the weary men were pushed away from the area of the sinking by a strong current. After enduring days at sea under the hot tropical sun, they finally found land. It was, however, the Japanese-held island of Vella Lavella and deep behind the front lines. The survivors organized and disappeared into the island s interior jungle. Living a meager existence, the group evaded the Japanese for eight days until the Marines and U.S. Navy evacuated the shipwrecked sailors in a daring rescue operation. Using a wide variety of sources, including previously unpublished firsthand accounts, John J. Domagalski brings to life this amazing, little-known story from World War II."

Author : Reg Newell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786468491
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operation Goodtime and the Battle of the Treasury Islands, 1943 written by Reg Newell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A force of New Zealanders and Americans invaded the Treasury Islands in the South Pacific on October 27, 1943, retaking them from their Japanese occupiers. Codenamed Operation Goodtime, the action marked the first time New Zealand forces took part in an opposed landing since Gallipoli in 1915. In an unusual allocation of troops in the American-dominated theater, New Zealand provided the fighting men and America the air, naval, and logistical support. Confronting extreme risks against a determined Japanese foe, the Allies nevertheless succeeded with relatively few casualties. Because of the need for operational security, Operation Goodtime received little publicity and has been relegated to a footnote in the history of the war in the Pacific. This is the first complete account of the Allied seizure of the Treasury Islands.

Author : Nicholas Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure: a Poem ... written by Nicholas Michell and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Lord
Publisher : Lane, Allen
ISBN 13 : 9780713911206
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lonely Vigil written by Walter Lord and published by Lane, Allen. This book was released on 1978 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandra C. Clemens
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512038
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alone on Guadalcanal written by Alexandra C. Clemens and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive. Scottish-born and Cambridge-educated, Martin Clemens managed to survive months behind Japanese lines in one of the most unfriendly climates and terrains in the world. After countless partisan and spy missions, in 1942 he emerged from the jungle and integrated his Melanesian commando force into the heart of the 1st Marine Division's operations, earning the unfettered admiration of such legendary Marine officers as Vandegrift, Thomas, Twining, Edson, and Pate. This book is based on a journal Clemens kept during the war and might well be the last critical source of analysis of the Solomon's campaign. His eyewitness accounts of harrowing long-distance patrols and life on the run from shadowy Japanese intelligence operatives and treacherous islanders are unmatched in the literature of the Pacific war. First published in 1998, the story, with an introduction by Allan R. Millett, is essential and enjoyable reading.

Author : Henry Coyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Promise of Morning written by Henry Coyle and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rotarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1977-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

Author : Jeffrey Cox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472849884
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Waters, Starry Skies written by Jeffrey Cox and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War. Thousands of miles from friendly ports, the US Navy had finally managed to complete the capture of Guadalcanal from the Japanese in early 1943. Now the Allies sought to keep the offensive momentum won at such a high cost. This is the central plotline running through this page-turning history beginning with the Japanese Operation I-Go and the American ambush of Admiral Yamamoto and continuing on to the Allied invasion of New Georgia, northwest of Guadalcanal in the middle of the Solomon Islands and the location of a major Japanese base. Determined not to repeat their mistakes at Guadalcanal, the Allies nonetheless faltered in their continuing efforts to roll back the Japanese land, air and naval forces. Using first-hand accounts from both sides, this book vividly recreates all the terror and drama of the nighttime naval battles during this phase of the Solomons campaign and the ferocious firestorm many Marines faced as they disembarked from their landing craft. The reader is transported to the bridge to stand alongside Admiral Walden Ainsworth as he sails to stop another Japanese reinforcement convoy for New Georgia, and vividly feels the fear of an 18-year-old Marine as he fights for survival against a weakened but still determined enemy. Dark Waters, Starry Skies is an engrossing history which weaves together strategy and tactics with a blow-by-blow account of every battle at a vital point in the Pacific War that has not been analyzed in this level of detail before.

Author : Samuel M. Zwemer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725230992
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Solitary Throne written by Samuel M. Zwemer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not to be judged by its size. It is crammed full of good things. It is like a bugle call to battle, but it is more. In arresting and picturesque language, it sets forth the reasons why people should bestir themselves for the honor of the King of kings. Dr. Zwemer has covered a vast amount of ground, and has laid under tribute a multitude of facts which illustrate the hopefulness of the task which engages the attention of the Christian Church and deepens the conviction that the Christ of God shall yet wear the crown of universal dominion.