Screen LibraryWar stories II：heroism in the Pacific
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Regnery Pub. DIstributed to the trade by National Book Network,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC Lanham, MD |
| Publication Dates: | c2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 471 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. +1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| ISBN: | 089526109X (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K152 |
| CLC: | K152 |
| Call Number: | K152/W253-2 |
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Includes index. Prelude to the War in the Pacific (1930-1941) -- Who fired first (7-8 Dec 1941) -- The fall of the Philippines (Jan 1942) -- A hell worse than war: the Bataan Death march (Apr 1942) -- Revenge for Pearl Harbor: The Doolittle Raid (Apr 1942) -- An awakened giant: The Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942) -- The Flying Tigers (1937-1945) -- The forgotten front: China-Burma-India theater (1937-1945) -- Death by inches: Guadalcanal (Aug 1942 - Feb 1943) -- The Black Sheep Squadron (Aug 1943 - Jan 1944) -- Bloody Tarawa (Nov 1943) -- Assault on the Marianas (Jun-Aug 1944) -- Forgotten Peleliu (Sep 1944) -- "I have returned": The Battle of Leyte (Oct 1944) -- The daring rescue of the Ghosts of Bataan (Jan 1945) -- Iwo Jima: The bloodiest battle of WWII (Feb-Mar 1945) -- Okinawa: the last battle (Apr 1945) -- MacArthur and war's end (Jul-Aug 1945) -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Glossary. |