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Rolling thunder against the Rising Sun : the combat history of U.S. Army tank battalions in the Pacific in World War II / Gene Eric Salecker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salecker, Gene Eric, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Oceania.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Tank warfare.
- Tank warfare.
- United States. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- United States. Army.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 439 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Baptism of Fire 1
- 2 War 15
- 3 War Plan Orange-3 27
- 4 Into Bataan 38
- 5 Bataan 48
- 6 The Points and Pockets 57
- 7 Siege and Suffering 65
- 8 Surrender 71
- 9 Reinforcements and Turnabout 82
- 10 Taking Makin 91
- 11 Closing the Solomons 108
- 12 Another Crack in the Outer Barrier 116
- 13 Isolating Rabaul 129
- 14 Leapfrogging the New Guinea Coast 136
- 15 Bloody Biak 144
- 16 Southern Saipan 154
- 17 The Valley of Death 164
- 18 Hard Days on Saipan 175
- 19 The End on Saipan 183
- 20 Guam 194
- 21 Stepping Stones 208
- 22 The Helmet's Wings 220
- 23 The Return 232
- 24 The Drive to Ormoc 248
- 25 Luzon 257
- 26 Manila 272
- 27 Corregidor and Southern Luzon 291
- 28 Northern Luzon 303
- 29 Clearing the Southern Philippines 317
- 30 Eastern Mindanao 326
- 31 Iceberg 333
- 32 Hard Days 345
- 33 The Last Battle 355.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-428) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780811703147
- 0811703142
- OCLC:
- 170058124
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