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  • A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island

    Valor and Sacrifice: The Epic Battle for Wake Island

    by Robert Cressman ...
    In "A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island," Robert Cressman meticulously chronicles the ferocious and valiant struggle of U.S. Marines during one of the pivotal early confrontations of the Pacific Theater in World War II. Through a blend of gripping narrative and scholarly analysis, Cressman employs a vivid literary style that brings to life the valor and tenacity of the ... Read more

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  • A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island

    by Robert Cressman ...
    It is Monday, 8 December 1941. On Wake Island, a tiny sprung paper-clip in the Pacific between Hawaii and Guam, Marines of the 1st Defense Battalion are starting another day of the backbreaking war preparations that have gone on for weeks. Out in the triangular lagoon formed by the islets of Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, the huge silver Pan American Airways Philippine Clipper flying boat roars off the ... Read more

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  • Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Marine Heroes of Pearl Harbor

    by Robert Cressman, J. Michael Wenger, Aurelia Ravenshaw ...
    Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 offers a compelling exploration of the tragic events of Pearl Harbor through a curated collection of narratives, historical accounts, and primary documentation. The anthology captures the chaos and heroism of that infamous day, weaving together a tapestry of firsthand experiences and strategic insights. By examining a wide array of literary ... Read more

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    Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War

    by Robert Leckie ...
    From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal.From the Japanese soldiers’ carefully calculated—and ultimately foiled—attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to ... Read more

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  • The Fleet at Flood Tide

    America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

    by James D. Hornfischer ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower, from the acclaimed author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors—with original maps and more than 120 dramatic photographs“A masterful, fresh account of the latter days of ... Read more

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  • Given Up for Dead

    America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island

    by Bill Sloan ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Unknown Battle of Midway

    The Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons

    by Alvin Kernan ...
    Series series The Yale Library of Military History
    "A memoir and more . . . Kernan brings this maritime battle superbly to life. . . . And he narrates the air assault in gripping detail" ( The Wall Street Journal).The Battle of Midway is considered the greatest US naval victory, but behind the luster is the devastation of the American torpedo squadrons. Of the 51 planes sent to attack Japanese carriers only 7 returned, and of the 127 aircrew only ... Read more

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  • Wings of Gold

    The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II

    by Gerald Astor ...
    From critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes Wings of Gold, the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II. Astor tracks that fateful journey from its humble beginnings in 1910 when Eugene Ely flew the very first plane off the deck of a U.S. Navy ship to the unprecedented air combat missions that helped ... Read more

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  • Midnight in the Pacific

    Guadalcanal—The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War

    by Joseph Wheelan ...
    A sweeping narrative history of America's first major offensive of WII: the brutal campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal.From August to November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor. The glittering prize was the strategically decisive Henderson Airfield.The bitter ... Read more

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  • Guadalcanal: Starvation Island

    by Eric Hammel ...
    GUADALCANAL: Starvation Island by Eric Hammel =- The Japanese defeats at Midway and Guadalcanal decided the outcome of the Pacific War. Guadalcanal was the classic three-dimensional campaign. On land, at sea, and in the air, fierce battles were fought with both sides stretching their supplies and equipment to the breaking point. The campaign lasted six months, involved nearly one million men, and ... Read more

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  • Sink ’Em All

    Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

    by Charles A. Lockwood ...
    Sink ’Em All by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the U.S. Navy commander of the Pacific submarine fleet during World War 2, is the exhaustive and definitive account of submarine warfare between the US and Japanese 1942-45. Lockwood’s intricate narrative is the breathless story of every submarine in the US fleet and what they did during the war, their misses, near misses and hits. He takes us into ... Read more

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  • We Were in the First Waves of Steel Amtracs Who Landed on Iwo Jima

    by John Ryland Thurman ...
    This book is based on my personal experiences. I have always felt that what I did was just my job and what was required of me to do as a Marine following orders. It became apparent to me when I visited the island of Okinawa for a month in 1997. I was honored by Marines, young and old, who were stationed there at the time. They wanted to hear of my experiences, to meet me and shake my hand. I ... Read more

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