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From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay : the memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945 / edited by Jonathan Templin Ritter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritter, J. R. (James Rex), 1902-1994, author.
- Series:
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 17.
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; number 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ritter, J. R. (James Rex), 1902-1994.
- Ritter, J. R.
- United States. Navy. Seabees--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Navy. Seabees.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Marine engineers--Texas--Biography.
- Marine engineers.
- Armed Forces--Officers.
- Military campaigns.
- Pacific Ocean.
- Texas.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 176 pages, 12 pages of unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This is the memoir of J. R. Ritter (1902-1994), a civil engineer from Texas who became a U.S. Navy Seabee officer during World War II. The formal name of the Seabees is "U.S. Naval Construction Battalions" and they were responsible for building airstrips, barracks, and other infrastructure for the troops. Ritter was first stationed in Alaska when Japan was thought to be planning an invasion through the Aleutians, then in the Central Pacific, mainly on Tinian Island. He was on Tinian when the war ended"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chronology of the War Years (1941-1946)
- Introduction / by Jonathan Ritter
- Prologue: December 7, 1941
- 1942: Texas to the Aleutians: Training for the Seabees
- 1943: Still in the Aleutians
- 1943: Back to the States
- 1943-1944: Shore Leave
- Gallery of Maps and Illustrations
- 1944: The Central Pacific: Kwajalein and Bigej
- 1944: The Central Pacific: Tinian
- 1945: The Beginning of the End
- 1945: The End of the Pacific War
- Epilogue: November 18, 1945
- Conclusion (1945-1994) / by Jonathan Ritter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781574417715
- 1574417711
- OCLC:
- 1108787818
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