Pacific legacy : image and memory from World War II in the Pacific / Rex Alan Smith & Gerald A. Meehl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Rex Alan, author.

Meehl, Gerald A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

History, Military.

Pacific Area--History, Military--20th century.

Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

Physical Description:

316 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Pacific legacy : image and memory from World War two in the Pacific

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Abbeville Press , 2019.

Summary:

"Pacific Legacy offers an unprecedented record of the relics of World War II that have survived on the islands of the Pacific: American landing craft rusting on the reefs where they were stopped by enemy fire; shell-pocked Japanese fortifications; fallen aircraft overgrown by jungle; packed-coral landing strips still as good as new. These evocative color images are paired with archival photographs that show the same tropical battlegrounds as they appeared in wartime. The text covers the entire war in the Pacific, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to Japan's surrender in Tokyo Bay. The principal battles are recounted hour-by-hour, drawing heavily on firsthand accounts. This vivid narrative helps the reader visualize what it was really like to be at war in the Pacific, doggedly island-hopping to victory."--Page [2] of cover.

Contents:

This is no drill!

The time-buyers

The long road back

A thousand honored dead

Uncommon valor a common virtue

Ending the Pacific War

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 307-308) and index.

ISBN:

0789213338

9780789213334

OCLC:

1053552793