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Pacific Star

Author : Reg Newell
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1775592510
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Star written by Reg Newell and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in the South Pacific saw some of the most gruelling fighting of World War Two. Conditions were unpleasant – fetid heat, torrential downpours and hostile flora and fauna – while the Japanese enemy were ruthless and would often fight to the last man. Amphibious warfare, jungle warfare and the need to co-operate with our American ally all meant that new demands were made on New Zealand soldiers. Yet the war in the South Pacific came to be seen as an easy war, generally overlooked (with the exception of Guadalcanal) by historians. From ignorance of what the soldiers were called upon to endure, the notion arose that service in the South Pacific was somehow less worthy than the ‘real war’ in Europe against the Nazis. This attitude continued in the post-war world and today the soldiers of 3NZ Division are all but forgotten. Pacific Star sets the record straight, shedding new light on the sacrifices and tribulations which the soldiers of 3NZ Division had to endure in the service of the Allied cause. The book covers their initial deployment in Fiji and New Caledonia, and describes the major battles the division fought in the Solomons: Vella Lavella, the Treasury Islands and the Green Islands, as well as their sometimes strained relationship with the US military. Reg Newell has interviewed veterans for this book, which includes new maps and previously unpublished photographs.

Nā Inoa Hōkū

Author : Rubellite Kawena Johnson
Publisher : Gwasg y Bwthyn
ISBN 13 : 9780954086756
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Nā Inoa Hōkū written by Rubellite Kawena Johnson and published by Gwasg y Bwthyn. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: N Inoa H k is a definitive source of reference for anyone studying the use of astronomy in Polynesian voyaging as well as in ritual and calendrical practices throughout the Pacific. This new edition is completely overhauled, vastly expanded, and includes new translations of many key original Hawaiian sources from the mid-19th century onwards."

Red Star Over the Pacific

Author : Toshi Yoshihara
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591149798
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Red Star Over the Pacific written by Toshi Yoshihara and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original publication and copyright date: 2010.

Pacific Stars and Stripes

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Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Stars and Stripes written by and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Men Behind the Medals

Author : Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752499912
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Men Behind the Medals written by Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many characteristics that emerge in warfare, none generates more admiration than gallantry. Using medal groups chosen for their unique combinations of gallantry and campaign awards, Graham Pitchfork pays tribute to the bravery of twenty Allied airmen who flew combat operations during the Second World War. Encompassing a wide cross-section of operational roles, theatres, aircraft types and aircrew categories, the men behind the medals' experiences and actions are narrated in relation to the wider war. These crucial operations are seen through a variety of different actions, including a night-fighter crew and a navigator who took part in supply drops to Resistance movements. The air war at sea is seen through the experiences of a Beaufighter pilot and a Royal Navy observer who attacked the Italian Fleet at Taranto. As the Second World War generation fade into history, their exploits need to live on forever as an example for future generations. In describing the exploits of the lesser-known heroes of that air war, Graham Pitchfork has ensured that 'The Many' will never be forgotten.

Merchant Vessels of the United States...

Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States... written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Signal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Signal written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Navigator

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Navigator written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Voyaging Stars

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Voyaging Stars written by David Lewis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1978 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pacific Ethnomathematics

Author : Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824874641
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Ethnomathematics written by Nicholas J. Goetzfridt and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-09-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking bibliography by distinguished Pacific researcher Nicholas Goetzfridt examines mathematical concepts and practices in Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. It covers number systems, counting, measuring, classifying, spatial relationships, symmetry, geometry, and other aspects of ethnomathematics in relation to a wide range of activities such as trade, education, navigation, construction, rituals and festivals, divination, weaving, tattooing, and music. In compiling nearly five hundred citations, Goetzfridt makes use of the vast resources of writing about the Pacific from the 1700s to the present. In addition to discussing Pacific knowledge systems in general, his introductory chapter includes a helpful overview of the relatively new field of ethnomathematics and important theoretical reflections on the discipline as a research program. Extensive subject and geographic indexes provide numerous ways to experience the rich heritage and history of Pacific ethnomathematical concepts covered in this book, including: the 256 possible knotted fates enabled by the Carolinian sky god Supwunumen, etak segmentation concepts in stellar based voyaging, the highly diverse counting systems of Papua New Guinea, the alignment of stone structures with stars to mark the appearance of the equinox and solstice, and contemporary educational issues in the standardized teaching of Western mathematics.

Merchant Vessels of the United States

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Astoria

Author : Peter Stark
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006221831X
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Astoria written by Peter Stark and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to establish the first American settlement in the Pacific Northwest and opened up what would become the Oregon trail, permanently altering the nation's landscape and its global standing. Six years after Lewis and Clark's began their journey to the Pacific Northwest, two of the Eastern establishment's leading figures, John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson, turned their sights to founding a colony akin to Jamestown on the West Coast and transforming the nation into a Pacific trading power. Author and correspondent for Outside magazine Peter Stark recreates this pivotal moment in American history for the first time for modern readers, drawing on original source material to tell the amazing true story of the Astor Expedition. Unfolding over the course of three years, from 1810 to 1813, Astoria is a tale of high adventure and incredible hardship in the wilderness and at sea. Of the more than one hundred-forty members of the two advance parties that reached the West Coast—one crossing the Rockies, the other rounding Cape Horn—nearly half perished by violence. Others went mad. Within one year, the expedition successfully established Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River. Though the colony would be short-lived, it opened provincial American eyes to the potential of the Western coast and its founders helped blaze the Oregon Trail.

Churchill's Army

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844863980
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Churchill's Army written by Stephen Bull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winston Churchill, Britain's iconic war time Prime Minister, is inextricably linked with the victorious British Army of 1939 to 1945. Yet hindsight, propaganda, and the imperative of the defeat of Hitler and Imperial Japan, have led to a tendency to oversimplify the image of Churchill the war leader, and 'his' Army. For whilst Churchill was undeniably a towering statesman, his relations with both the Army and War Office were ambiguous and altered considerably not only with the progress of the Second World War, but over decades. In this comprehensive book, Stephen Bull examines every aspect of the British Army during the Second World War, and considers in detail the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation that was tested to its limits on many fronts but made an immense contribution to the successful Allied outcome. The book explores the structure of military power from the men who ran it, the Generals to the detail of the regiments they commanded. It looks at the uniforms the soldiers wore and the badges and insignia they bore on their uniforms. The weaponry Churchill's army used is discussed in detail, from small arms including rifles, bayonets, grenades, carbines and machine guns to the massed firepower of the artillery along with the increasing sophistication of tanks and other military vehicles during the period. Finally the role of auxiliary and special forces and their contribution to the campaign is considered. The comprehensive text is enhanced by more than 200 contemporary photographs.

Hearings

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Airmen Behind the Medals

Author : Graham Pitchfork
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473874289
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Airmen Behind the Medals written by Graham Pitchfork and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many human characteristics, few evoke greater admiration and respect than gallantry in the service of one's country. Here, Graham Pitchfork describes the outstanding bravery of twenty-one air men who served in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. These accounts encompass most theaters of operation as well as a host of aircraft types and aircrew categories. Accounts of the gallantry of those who served on the ground in support of flying operations are also relayed in this substantial anthology. rnrnThe book explores the gallantry of airmen who fought in a variety of contexts, including that band of men who are so often forgotten, the Burma veterans. A gallant RAF sergeant and an RAF doctor who cared for and inspired fellow prisoners in Japanese camps are both included here, as are stories relating the extreme bravery of a Fleet Air Arm pilot, a Pathfinder pilot and a Typhoon wing leader.rnrnThe valorous acts of these airmen serve as inspirational examples to a new generation of flying men and women. Graham Pitchfork extracts the drama and poignancy of their tales, enlivening them to great effect in this riveting publication that is sure to appeal broadly to enthusiasts of the era.Links End Links Author End Author

The Pacific Northwest Gardener's Book of Lists

Author : Jan McNeilan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0878339566
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (783 download)

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Download or read book The Pacific Northwest Gardener's Book of Lists written by Jan McNeilan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200 lists for Pacific Northwest gardeners.