36th Naval Construction Battalion, 1942-1946
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Publisher: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
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Total Pages: 82
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Publisher: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
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Total Pages: 82
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
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Published: 1951
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James T. Controvich
Publisher: Meckler Books
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to the literature surrounding American amphibious operations during WWII. Brief annotations. Subject arrangement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 482
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Richardson
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2024-09-30
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1636244165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe true story of a young pilot who disappeared on a routine mission, resulting in a rescue attempt on a remote and inhospitable island in the South Pacific. In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight. In examining that loss and the events leading up to a rescue attempt on an island in the South Pacific, and bringing together societies utterly alien to each other, Survival in the South Pacific brings together the big themes of the Pacific War. Lieutenant Leonard Richardson and his comrades had been swept from their homes across America, trained at speed for war, and dispatched to one of the remotest places on the globe. American war plans in place when Pearl Harbor was attacked poorly reflected the capabilities of its military, and the limits imposed by America’s far-flung and indefensible territories. The “Germany First” policy had resulted in a deeply uncertain future for forces in the South Pacific and Australia—the United States was unprepared for the global war that came to it in late 1941, even as the pipeline of men and materiel began to fill. Young Allied and Japanese aviators, sailors, and soldiers, were not the only ones thrown into the swirling maelstrom of war that had engulfed the Pacific—the indigenous islanders were also immersed in a new reality. In bringing together individual stories of men at war, this book gives a new perspective on the Pacific War.
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1428915850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 576
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Roland Wilbur Charles
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book contains authentic photographs and salient facts covering 358 troopships used in World War II. In addition, other vessels of miscellaneous character, including Victory and Liberty type temporary conversions for returning troops, are listed in the appendices ..."--Pref.
Author: Charles A. Fleming
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John C. Chapin
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-06-02
Total Pages: 145
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Breaching the Marianas" by John C. Chapin is a book about the WWII campaigns and Marine Corps history. The book gives a detailed account of what happened on the Mariana Islands of Saipan during the war. Excerpt: "Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan by Captain John C. Chapin, USMCR (Ret) It was a brutal day. At first light on 15 June 1944, the Navy fire support ships of the task force lying off Saipan Island increased their previous days' preparatory fires involving all calibers of weapons. At 0542, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner ordered, "Land the landing force." Around 0700, the landing ships, tank (LSTs) moved to within approximately 1,250 yards behind the line of departure. Troops in the LSTs began debarking from them in landing vehicles, tracked (LVTs). Control vessels containing Navy and Marine personnel with their radio gear took their positions displaying flags indicating which beach approaches they controlled."