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ISBN: 1612512143 9781612512143 1591144787 9781591144786 Year: 2013 Publisher: : Naval Institute Press,
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In this remarkable oral history collection, thirty-three participants in the turbulent epic that began with the day of infamy at Pearl Harbor and ended with the signing of the surrender documents in Tokyo Harbor tell their stories. Their remembrances of heartbreak, frustration, heroism, hope, and triumph were collected over a period of twenty-five years by John T. Mason. Their recollections reveal perspectives and facts not included in traditional works of history. Each selection, introduced with a preface that places it in the context of the Pacific War, takes the reader behind the scenes to
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ISBN: 1612513719 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York : Naval Institute Press,
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With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows Hall's experiences from a junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana to his quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland. Quick to pick up on the skills necessary for behind-the-lines intelligence work, he became an expert instruc
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ISBN: 1612512046 Year: 2013 Publisher: Annopolis : Naval Institute Press,
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An enlisted radioman recalls his years of action in the Pacific with candor and humor.
Mason, Theodore C., 1921-. --- Pawnee (Ship). --- Sailors -- United States -- Biography. --- Tugboats -- Pacific Area -- History -- 20th century. --- United States. Navy -- Biography. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Tugboats --- Sailors --- Personal narratives, American --- Naval operations, American --- Campaigns --- History --- Biography --- Mason, Theodore C., --- Pawnee (Ship) --- United States. --- Biography.
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ISBN: 1940669049 Year: 2013 Publisher: : Savas Publishing,
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As chronicled in Silent Victory, Clay Blair's monumental history of United States submarine operations in World War II, the submarine war against Japan was a relatively little known war-within-a-war. It was waged by an initially small but expanding force of boats that eventually made more than 1,400 war patrols and sank almost 1,400 Japanese merchant ships and naval vessels. Many American submarines carved out enviable records, including USS Guardfish, the subject of Claude Conner's remarkable memoir of service aboard a US fleet boat as an enlisted man.Conner, who served as a Radar Technician,
Conner, Claude C., -- 1925. --- United States. -- Navy -- Biography. --- World war, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine. --- World war, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. --- World war, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- World War, 1939-1945 --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Radar operators --- Naval operations, American --- Submarine --- Naval operations
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