To Wake Island and Beyond
Author | : Woodrow M. Kessler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941 |
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Author | : Woodrow M. Kessler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bgen Woodrow M Kessler Usmc-R |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2013-02-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781482391527 |
The memoir which General Kessler authored is one that gives a vivid and highly readable account of important events in Marine Corps history. It has been published exactly as it has been written and no attempt to do any unwarranted editing has taken place. The opinions and facts represented in this publication are the author's, and do not necessarily represent those of the Marine Corps or the Department of the Navy.
Author | : Gregory Urwin |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2010-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612510043 |
Told here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on December 23, 1941. The highly regarded military historian Gregory Urwin spent decades researching what happened and now offers a revealing look at the U.S. Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilian volunteers in captivity. In addition to exhaustive archival research, he interviewed dozens of POWs and even some of their Japanese captors. He also had access to diaries secretly kept by the prisoners. This information has allowed Urwin to provide a nuanced look at the Japanese guards and how the Americans survived three-and-a-half years in captivity and emerged with a much lower death rate than most other Allies captured in the Pacific. In part, Urwin says, the answer lies in the Wake Islanders’ establishment of life-saving communities that kept their dignity intact. Their mutual-help networks encouraged those who faltered under the physical and psychological torture, including what is today called water boarding. The book notes that the Japanese camp official responsible for that war crime was sentenced to life imprisonment by an American military tribunal. Most spent the war at a camp just outside Shanghai, one of the few places where Japanese authorities permitted the Red Cross to aid prisoners of war. The author also calls attention to the generosity of civilians in Shanghai, including Swiss diplomats and the American and British residents of the fabled International Settlement, who provided food and clothing to the prisoners. In addition, some of the guards proved to be less vicious than those stationed at other POW camps and occasionally went out of their way to aid the men. As the first historical work to fully explore the captivity of Wake Island’s defenders, the book offers information not found in other World War II historie
Author | : Bill Sloan |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2008-01-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0553585673 |
A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first American battle of World War II: the battle for Wake Island. Based on firsthand accounts from long-lost survivors who have emerged to tell about it, this stirring tale of the “Alamo of the Pacific” will reverberate for generations to come. On December 8, 1941, just five hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese planes attacked a remote U.S. outpost in the westernmost reaches of the Pacific. It was the beginning of an incredible sixteen-day fight for Wake Island, a tiny but strategically valuable dot in the ocean. Unprepared for the stunning assault, the small battalion was dangerously outnumbered and outgunned. But they compensated with a surplus of bravery and perseverance, waging an extraordinary battle against all odds. When it was over, a few hundred American Marines, sailors, and soldiers, along with a small army of heroic civilian laborers, had repulsed enemy forces several thousand strong––but it was still not enough. Among the Marines was twenty-year-old PFC Wiley Sloman. By Christmas Day, he lay semiconscious in the sand, struck by enemy fire. Another day would pass before he was found—stripped of his rifle and his uniform. Shocked to realize he hadn’t awakened to victory, Sloman wondered: Had he been given up for dead—and had the Marines simply given up? In this riveting account, veteran journalist Bill Sloan re-creates this history-making battle, the crushing surrender, and the stories of the uncommonly gutsy men who fought it. From the civilians who served as gunmen, medics, and even preachers, to the daily grind of life on an isolated island—literally at the ends of the earth—to the agony of POW camps, here we meet our heroes and confront the enemy face-to-face, bayonet to bayonet.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 924 |
Release | : 1939 |
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Author | : Alastair Bonnett |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2018-04-11 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 022651398X |
New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the day—and Alastair Bonnett observes and captures every fascinating change. In Beyond the Map, Bonnett presents stories of the world’s most extraordinary spaces—many unmarked on any official map—all of which challenge our assumptions about what we know—or think we know—about our world. As cultural, religious and political boundaries ebb and flow with each passing day, traditional maps unravel and fragment. With the same adventurous spirit he effused in the acclaimed Unruly Places, Bonnett takes us to thirty-nine incredible spots around the globe to explore these changing boundaries and stimulate our geographical imagination. Some are tied to disruptive contemporary political turbulence, such as the rise of ISIL, Russia’s incursions into Ukraine and the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom. Others explore the secret places not shown on Google Earth or reflect fast-changing landscapes. Beyond the Map journeys out into a world of mysterious, daunting and magical spaces. It is a world of hidden cultures and ghostly memories, of uncountable new islands and curious stabs at paradise. From the phantom tunnels of the Tokyo subway to a stunning movie-set re-creation of 1950s-era Moscow; from the caliphate of the Islamic State to virtual cybertopias—this book serves as an imaginative guide to the farthest fringes of geography.
Author | : Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr. |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2017-06-29 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2666 |
Release | : 1940 |
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Author | : John Wukovits |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2004-07-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101658185 |
It happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor—mere hours after the first attack on the day that would “live in infamy.” But few know the full story of Wake Island. Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the heroic struggle that followed. Thanks to the brave Marines stationed there-and the civilian construction workers who selflessly put their lives on the line to defend the island-what was supposed to be an easy victory became a protracted and costly battle for Imperial Japan. This is the story of that battle, from survivors on both sides, and with a gallery of historic photos.
Author | : Earle Birney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 17 |
Release | : 1964 |
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