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War in the Pacific, Volume I Hagen, Jerome T.
Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii Pacific University 1996 0965392708 / 9780965392709 Soft Cover Good Signed by Author
Binding is tight. Pages are clean. Author signature with inscription to previous owner on title page reads: Feb. 28, 2004 Pearl Harbor, To: Tom McFarland, From one history "buff" to another. This is the way the Pacific War really was. Semper Fidelis, Jerome T. Hagen, 12-Gen-USMC (Ret.)" Slant to spine with edgewear. Pages have a light wave to them. "A goal was to write War in the Pacifi as a story, not just a litany of dates, facts, and events that have little meaning in our lives. As a story, the book has heroes to emulate and villains to despise. As a story, the book provides each of us the opportunity to revisit, at least in our mind, the thrilling adventures of men and women who helped shape the world we live in today. Contents include: Japanese Colonialism: 1874-1931; Japanese Expansion in China: 1931-1937; The Rape of Nanking: December 1937; The Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Iai, December 7, 1941; The Attack on Hong Kong; Wake Island; Death March: Bataan, April 1942; Death march: Camp O'Donnell; The Hell Ships; The Burma and Ledo Roads; The Fall of Singapore: February 15, 1942; The Raid on Todkyo: April 18, 1942; The Coral Sea Battle: May 6, 1942; The Battle of Midway: June 4, 1942; The Battle of Midway: June 4, 1942; The Light Cruiser Juneau; The Death of Admiral Yamamoto; The Death Railway; The Kamikazes; Lord James Blears: March 1945; Firebombing: March 1945; The Battleship Yamato: April 6, 1945; The USS Indianapolis; The Battle for Okinawa; Hiroshima: The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945; The Lie of Marcus McDilda; The Second Atomic Bomb; Nagasaki: August 9, 1945; Japan Conditionally Surrenders: August 10, 1945; The Allied Response; Retribution: August 11, 1945; Day of Crisis: August 12, 1945; The Coup Develops; The Emperor's Decree: August 14, 1945; Collapse of the Coup; The Emperor Speaks; Allied Prisoners in China; The Doolittle POWs; The Sian Prison Camp; Allied Prisoners in Hainan; Independent Forces and Unneccessary Battles; THe Surrender Ceremony: September 2 ,1945; The 'Other' Surrender Ceremonies; The Seven Samurai; Prisoner of War; Notes; Bibliography; Index." 0108N0050C13 War 009955
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24.95 USD
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