Battling in the Pacific: Soldiering in World War IITwenty-First Century Books, 2008 M01 1 - 112 páginas The U.S. troops who fought in the Pacific during World War II rallied after the attack at Pearl Harbor to fight many grueling battles with Japan. Author Susan Provost Beller brings the daily struggles of these troops to life with first-person accounts of battles against an enemy that did not believe in surrender. These stories combine the routines of military life and the logistics of fighting an island-hopping war far from home with tales of daring fighting in jungles. They chronicle the attacks by kamikaze pilots and the escapes by submarines dodging depth charges. These accounts give us a better understanding of how the U.S. troops turned initial defeat into final victory. |
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Prologue | 6 |
Chapter 1 The Day Of Infamy | 10 |
Chapter 2 Fighting Back | 22 |
Chapter 3 Serving In The Pacific | 28 |
Chapter 4 Winning On Land | 44 |
Chapter 5 Winning At Sea | 54 |
Chapter 6 Winning In The Air | 64 |
Chapter 7 Prisoners Of War | 72 |
Map Of World War II In The Pacific | 98 |
Chronology Of World War II In The Pacific | 99 |
Source Notes | 100 |
Selected Bibliography | 104 |
Further Information And Websites | 107 |
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Back Cover | 114 |
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