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One Marine's war : a combat interpreter's quest for humanity in the Pacific / Gerald A. Meehl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meehl, Gerald A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Translators--United States--Biography.
- Translators.
- Translating and interpreting--United States--History--20th century.
- Translating and interpreting.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
- United States. Marine Corps--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- U.S. Navy Language School--Alumni and alumnae.
- U.S. Navy Language School.
- Sheek, Bob, 1922-.
- Sheek, Bob.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One Marine's War recounts the experiences of Robert Sheeks, a Marine combat interpreter, and how he underwent a remarkable transformation as a consequence of his encounters with the Imperial Japanese Army, Nisei Japanese-American language instructors, Japanese and Pacific Island native civilians, and American Marines. It is the first time the entire story of one Marine Corps combat interpreter has been told, and it provides a unique insight into an aspect of the Pacific war that is not only fascinating history, but also a compelling personal struggle to come to terms with a trauma
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: A Remarkable Incident on Salpan, Western Tropical Pacific, 1944; 1. An Unusual Childhood: Shanghai, 1932; 2. Japanese Language Immersion: Berkeley, California, and Boulder, Colorado, 1942-43; 3. Combat Training: Camp Elliott, and on to the Pacific, 1943; 4. Adventures in Japanese Language: New Zealand and Noumea, New Caledonia, 1943; 5. First Combat: Japanese Surrender Not an Option on Tarawa, 1943; 6. Between Campaigns: Hawaii, 1943-44; 7. They All Didn't Commit Suicide: Saipan, 1944; 8. A Human Connection with the Enemy: Tinian, 1944
- 9. Japanese Language and World War II in Retrospect: Boulder, 2002Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-093-0
- OCLC:
- 795120048
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