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Format:
Book
Title:
Into the rising sun : in their own words, World War II's Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat
ISBN:
9780743214803
Publication Information:
New York : Free Press, ©2002.
Physical Description:
314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
The Elite Infantry of the Pacific -- Operation Shoestring -- Starvation Island: Guadalcanal -- Up the Solomons: Strangling Rabaul -- Burma: Merrill's Marauders -- New Guinea -- Into the Marianas -- Leyte: The Return to the Philippines -- Luzon -- Clearing the Philippines: Corregidor, Luzon, and Negros -- Into the Jaws of Hell: Iwo Jima -- The Last Battle: Okinawa -- Home.
Summary:
Drawn from interviews with more than eight hundred veterans, this combat history of the Pacific War recreates the most crucial battles, from raids on remote Japanese outposts to the desperate fighting on Guadalcanal and in Burma.
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