Pacific War diary, 1942-1945
by Fahey, James J. [foreword, Samuel Eliot Morison; blurbs, Paul Fussell, Edward L Beach, Chester W Nimitz; design, Mark Caleb]
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992, 1963, 1992. Fine. 404 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; ISBN: 0395640229; 9780395640227 LCCN: 92-21716; LC: D773; Dewey: 940.54/5973 ; OCLC: 26095210 ; reprint of the book originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1963 ; Contents: Forward / Samuel Eliot Morison -- The Solomons, October 1942-May 1944 -- The Marianas, May 1944-August 1944 -- U.S.A., August 1944-October 1944 -- The Philippines: Mindoro, Luzon, Palawan, October 1944-June 1945 -- Borneo, June 1945-July 1945 -- China and Japan, July 1945-December 1945. ; "This best-selling diary is one of the most extraordinary documents to emerge from World War II. Despite regulations, seaman James J. Fahey secretly compiled a diary on scraps of paper throughout the long World War II naval campaign in the Pacific. His diary describes an average sailor's daily life during wartime and records a personal view of a major historic event" ; FINE
Synopsis
Throughout the World War II campaign in the Pacific, an ordinary seaman defied navy regulations by surreptitiously compiling a diary on scraps of paper. One of the most extraordinary personal documents to emerge from the war, James J. Fahey's diary presents a vivid picture of an average sailor's daily life -- from the first battle to the typhoons and food shortages to the final desperate attacks by kamikaze pilots and Japanese suicide ships.
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- Title
- Pacific War diary, 1942-1945
- Author
- Fahey, James J. [foreword, Samuel Eliot Morison; blurbs, Paul Fussell, Edward L Beach, Chester W Nimitz; design, Mark Caleb]
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992, 1963
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 3rd Fleet a.m. this morning a.m. watch aboard Admiral Merrill afternoon ammunition battle stations battleships beach boats bombarding bombers bombs Borneo Bougainville Capt Captain chow close Corregidor crew damage deck destroyers Espiritu Santo exploding
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