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Hell's islands : the untold story of Guadalcanal / Stanley Coleman Jersey ; foreword by Edward W. Snedeker.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jersey, Stanley Coleman, 1921-
- Series:
- Texas A & M University military history series ; 111.
- Texas A & M University military history series ; 111
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--History, Military.
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands).
- Physical Description:
- xx, 514 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 The Eve of World War II 1
- 2 The Enemy at the Doorstep 16
- 3 Flying Before the Storm 35
- 4 The Japanese in the Southern Solomons, May-August 1942 54
- 5 Preparing for Battle 83
- 6 The Early Air War 98
- 7 Day One, Guadalcanal 113
- 8 Day One: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo 123
- 9 Day Two: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo 164
- 10 Guadalcanal: Hanging On 186
- 11 Bloody September 219
- 12 Black October 248
- 13 A River Too Far 294
- 14 War in the Outer Islands 313
- 15 The U.S. Army Takes Over 342
- 16 The Ke-go Operation 384
- Appendix 1 Telegram to U.S. Navy Forces, 4 August 1942 405
- Appendix 2 Japanese Naval Forces in the Southern Solomons 407
- Appendix 3 The Japanese 2nd Infantry Division 413
- Appendix 4 The Japanese Seventeenth Army Group 419.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-482) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781585446162
- 1585446165
- OCLC:
- 122526828
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