""A Magnificent Fight"" : The Battle for Wake Island

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cressman, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wake island--Schlacht (1941).

Wake island, Battle of, Wake island, 1941--History.

Wake island, Battle of, Wake island, 1941.

Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941.

Local Subjects:

Wake island--Schlacht (1941).

Wake island, Battle of, Wake island, 1941--History.

Wake island, Battle of, Wake island, 1941.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Naval Institute Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book recounts how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll. The author uses extensive Japanese materials--many never before used or available-- to identify the enemy order of battle and the roles each unit played in the drama.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Special Notes; 1. ""A Land Reserved to Those Who Fly""; 2. ""An Uninviting Low-Lying Atoll""; 3. ""Like the Fatted Calf""; 4. ""I'll See That You Get a Medal as Big as a Pie""; 5. ""Humbled by Sizeable Casualties""; 6. ""Still No Help""; 7. ""Very Secret to Everyone Except the Japs""; 8. ""This Is as Far as We Go""; 9. ""A Difficult Thing To Do""; Appendix One: The Cunningham-Devereux Controversy; Appendix Two: Decorations for Valor Awarded to Wake Defenders; Appendix Three: Wake Island's Wildcats; Appendix Four: Wake Island, the Movie; Notes; Bibliography

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9781591141754

1591141753

9781612512303

1612512305

OCLC:

857800041