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Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945

Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945
Author: James J. Fahey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780618400805

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Fahey was a 24-year-old garbage-truck driver when he enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 3, 1942, and became a seaman first class on the USS Montpelier. During almost three years of battle in the Pacific Ocean, he defied Navy rules against keeping a diary by writing copious notes on loose sheets of paper that appeared to anyone watching to be ordinary let


Pacific War Diary

Pacific War Diary
Author: James J. Fahey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 413
Release: 1973
Genre: World War, 1939-1945
ISBN:

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Pacific War diary 1942-45

Pacific War diary 1942-45
Author: James J. Fahey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1963
Genre:
ISBN:

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Pacific War Diary, Illustrated

Pacific War Diary, Illustrated
Author: James J. Fahey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780295973043

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This new, illustrated edition of Pacific War Diary preserves, in abbreviated form, Fahey's vivid narrative. A selection of photographs, drawn from both Navy and Army sources, follows the course of events described by Fahey.


Fading Victory

Fading Victory
Author: Matome Ugaki
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Admirals
ISBN: 9781591143246

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Long out of print, these wartime diaries of a key admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, provide a revealing inside look into the Japanese view of the Pacific War. Matome Ugaki was chief of staff of the Combined Fleet under Admiral Isoroki Yamamoto until both were shot down over Bougainville in April 1943, resulting in Yamamoto's death. He later served as commander of battleship and air fleets, finally directing the kamikaze attacks off Okinawa. Invaluable for its details of the Japanese Navy at war, the diaries offer a running appraisal of the fighting and are augmented by editorial commentary that proves especially useful to American readers eager to see the war from the other side. When first published in 1991, this dairy was hailed as a major contribution to World War II literature as the only firsthand account of strategic planning for the entire war by a Japanese commander. -- Publisher's Description.


Prisoner of Japan

Prisoner of Japan
Author: Sir Harold Atcherley
Publisher: Mereo Books
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2013-04-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1909304557

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In the course of the Second World War, more than a quarter of a million European and American soldiers were taken prisoner by the Japanese in Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies and the Pacific. They went on to suffer years of deprivation and brutality, most of them failing to survive at all. Harold Atcherley was fortunate enough to be one of the survivors. Throughout his time as a prisoner, from the fall of Singapore on 15th February 1942 until 14th September 1945, he kept a diary, which he was able to bring home with him. This book is based on that diary, along with other diaries and official documents. The original diary can now be viewed at The Imperial War Museum, London. He was fortunate enough to count among his friends and comrades the celebrated artist Ronald Searle, whose drawings have been used to illustrate his text; they give a far better impression of what life was like for a POW of the Japanese than mere words can, though neither words nor pictures could ever convey the appalling stench of disease and death on such a massive scale.


Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary
Author: Richard Tregaskis
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780394862682

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Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news correspondent, he lived alongside the other soldiers: sleeping on the ground -- only to be awoken by air raids -- eating the at times meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the initial landing of U.S. troops on Guadalcanal -- the significance of which cannot be overstated, for as a colonel told Tregaskis on the eve of the invasion: "It's the first time in history we've ever had a huge expedition of this kind accompanied by transports. It's of world-wide importance. You'd be surprised if you knew how many people all over the world are following this". Our new edition of Guadalcanal Diary will allow the world to continue to follow this amazing story. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


Diary of an Army Baker, Quartermaster Corps, Southwest Pacific, 1942-1945

Diary of an Army Baker, Quartermaster Corps, Southwest Pacific, 1942-1945
Author: Jack Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2000
Genre: World War, 1939-1945
ISBN: 9780889462168

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"This is a dramatic record of one man's service in the Pacific War. "Jack" Wilson began to take notes during training, and these notes developed into a diary of thoughts, movements, and events, especially after he was shipped overseas in January 1943. He served in New Caledonia, Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the Philippines. Trained to be a baker in the Quartermaster Corps, instead of staying safely in the rear, he volunteered for hazardous duty and baked bread for troops on the front lines. Jack and his platoon saw the grisly residue of battle, and his diary is in part a startling contrast between the decency of his middle-class upbringing and the brutality of war. Another contrast is between tedium and excitement, as routine is interrupted by air raids and prisoners. Extensively annotated by Jack's son, the diary is both personal and historical"--Publisher.


Combat Officer

Combat Officer
Author: Charles Walker
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307414787

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TO HELL AND BACK For the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Walker, this horrific jungle battle–one that claimed the lives of 1,600 Americans and more than 23,000 Japanese–was just the beginning. On the eve of battle, 2nd Lt. Walker was ordered back to the States for medical reasons. But there was a war to be won, and he had no intention of missing it. In this devastatingly powerful memoir, Walker captures the conflict in all its horror, chaos, and heroism: the hunger, the heat, the deafening explosions and stench of death, the constant fear broken by moments of sheer terror. This is the gripping tale of the brave young American men who fought with tremendous courage in appalling conditions, willing to sacrifice everything for their country. Look for these books about Americans who fought World War II: VISIONS FROM A FOXHOLE A Rifleman in Patton’s Ghost Corps by William A. Foley Jr. BEHIND HITLER’S LINES The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for Both America and the Soviet Union in World War II by Thomas H. Taylor NO BENDED KNEE The Battle for Guadalcanal by Gen. Merrill B. Twining, USMC (Ret.) ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN A Paratrooper at War in Europe by James Megellas