Pacific legacy : image and memory from World War II in the Pacific /

Pacific legacy : image and memory from World War II in the Pacific /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Rex Alan.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Abbeville Press, c2002.
Description:	316 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. Military campaigns. Pacific Area -- History, Military -- 20th century. Pacific Area. United States. Military history.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4789745

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Other authors / contributors:	Meehl, Gerald A.
ISBN:	0789207613 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-308) and index. committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust

Table of Contents:

Pacific War Chronology
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. This Is No Drill! The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Remember Wake Island
The Doolittle Raid on Tokyo
Chapter 2. The Time-Buyers: Losing the Philippines
The Bataan Death March
Surrendering Corregidor
Chapter 3. The Long Road Back: Invading Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Souvenir Mania
Tulagi and the PT Boats
Munda and the Evolution of an Island Base
Bora Bora, the Island Paradise
Chapter 4. A Thousand Honored Dead: Overcoming Tarawa
Tarawa
Events at Sea
Guam, Saipan, and Tinian: The B:29 Bases
On the Sidelines
Peleliu: The Unnecessary Sacrifice
Submarines
They Also Serve Who Stand and Wait
Returning to the Philippines
Chapter 5. Uncommon Valor a Common Virtue: Securing Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima
The Interpreters
Pacific Island Natives
The Carriers
Okinawa: The Last Land Battle
Chapter 6. Ending the Pacific War: Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Atom Bombs and the Japanese Surrender
Epilogue
The Pacific War in Hollywood
Posters for the Home Front
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Picture Credits
Index