The Story of Wake Island [Illustrated Edition]

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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782895612
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Book Synopsis The Story of Wake Island [Illustrated Edition] by : James P. S. Devereux Colonel U.S.M.C.

Download or read book The Story of Wake Island [Illustrated Edition] written by James P. S. Devereux Colonel U.S.M.C. and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 11 photos and 5 maps/diagrams of the Defence of Wake Island “It is Monday, 8 December 1941. On Wake Island, a tiny sprung paper-clip in the Pacific between Hawaii and Guam, Marines of the 1st Defense Battalion are starting another day of the backbreaking war preparations that have gone on for weeks. Out in the triangular lagoon formed by the islets of Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, the huge silver Pan American Airways Philippine Clipper flying boat roars off the water bound for Guam. The trans-Pacific flight will not be completed. “Word of war comes around 0700. Captain Henry S. Wilson, Army Signal Corps, on the island to support the flight ferry of B-17 Flying Fortresses from Hawaii to the Philippines, half runs, half walks toward the tent of Major James P.S. Devereux, commander of the battalion's Wake Detachment. Captain Wilson reports that Hickam Field in Hawaii has been raided. “Devereux immediately orders a "Call to Arms." He quickly assembles his officers, tells them that war has come, that the Japanese have attacked Oahu, and that Wake "could expect the same thing in a very short time” Robert Cressman. So began the epic 14 day siege of Wake Island in 1941, on one side the overwhelming numbers and firepower of the invading Japanese on the other Major Devereux and a handful of Marines aided by civilian contractors and miscellaneous personnel. In this memoir Devereux recounts how he and his men put up a resistance that stunned their Japanese foes, and provided their American countrymen with a potent positive rallying point after the attack at Pearl Habor.

Victory in Defeat

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Publisher : Naval Inst Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591148999
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (489 download)

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Book Synopsis Victory in Defeat by : Gregory J. W. Urwin

Download or read book Victory in Defeat written by Gregory J. W. Urwin and published by Naval Inst Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a book that draws on interviews with American POWs, as well as their Japanese captors, and diaries secretly kept by prison-camp inmates, the author of Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island offers a moving history of the incarceration of the American defenders of Wake Island after their surrender to the Japanese during World War II.

Wake Island Pilot

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Publisher : Potomac Books
ISBN 13 : 9781574882049
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis Wake Island Pilot by : John F. Kinney

Download or read book Wake Island Pilot written by John F. Kinney and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within hours of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese struck the small U.S. garrison on Wake Island. As his squadron's engineering office, Marine pilot John F. Kinney oversaw the repair of damaged planes when he himself was not in the air fighting off the Japanese assault. After the Americans held out for an incredible two weeks, Kinney was captured by the Japanese but eventually escaped in China. Wake Island Pilot is the memoir of a remarkable hero of one of World War II's epic struggles."--Page [4] cover.

The Story of Wake Island

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Total Pages : 159 pages
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Book Synopsis The Story of Wake Island by : James Patrick Sinnott Devereux

Download or read book The Story of Wake Island written by James Patrick Sinnott Devereux and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wake Island

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ISBN 13 : 9780515072969
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Book Synopsis Wake Island by : Duane P. Schultz

Download or read book Wake Island written by Duane P. Schultz and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Native American Code Talker in World War II

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966342
Total Pages : 140 pages
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Book Synopsis Native American Code Talker in World War II by : Ed Gilbert

Download or read book Native American Code Talker in World War II written by Ed Gilbert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Were it not for the Navajo Code Talkers the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima and other places' (Anonymous, Marine Corps signal officer). Ed Gilbert uses personal interviews with veterans to tell their fascinating story. Beginning with the first operational use of Native American languages in World War I, he explores how in World War II the US again came to employ this subtle, but powerful 'weapon.' Despite all efforts, the Japanese were never able to decode their messages and the Navajo code talkers contributed significantly to US victories in the Pacific. Approximately 400 Navajos served in this crucial role. Their legend of the 'code talker' has been celebrated by Hollywood in films, such as Windtalkers, and this book reveals the real-life story of their extraordinary involvement in World War II.

Hell's Islands

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603444556
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Hell's Islands by : Stanley Coleman Jersey

Download or read book Hell's Islands written by Stanley Coleman Jersey and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents battlefield accounts and first-person narratives from over 200 Allied and Japanese veterans of the battle on Guadalcanal Island between August 1942 and February 1943.

Embracing Defeat

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393320275
Total Pages : 692 pages
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Book Synopsis Embracing Defeat by : John W Dower

Download or read book Embracing Defeat written by John W Dower and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000-07-04 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of modern Japan traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on every aspect of Japan's national life. It examines the economic resurgence as well as how the nation as a whole reacted to defeat and the end of a suicidal nationalism.

Wake Up, Island

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452969116
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Book Synopsis Wake Up, Island by : Mary Casanova

Download or read book Wake Up, Island written by Mary Casanova and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wake up, little one, a soft voice beckons, the world around you is already stirring. As Wake Up, Island gently rouses the sleepy child, it summons a world of nature coming to life on a summer island in the magical North Woods. Sunlit fingers touch the shores, pine trees stretch their limbs, and lichen warms on ancient rock. Doe and fawn rise from their grass bed and pearls of dew bead a spider’s finely woven web. Mallards skim the water’s surface. Ravens perch and gargle greetings, chickadees call dee, dee, dee, and a heron swoops—minnows flee! The moose and her calf wade, munching on plants. The red squirrel chatters. The black bear lazily scratches her back against a tree. Conjuring the morning life around a cabin fragrant with berry pancakes, this timeless book wakens the child in every reader to the wonders of nature that greet every new day in the charmed world of a northern woodland island.

Wake

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982115203
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis Wake by : Rebecca Hall

Download or read book Wake written by Rebecca Hall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour de force that tells the “powerful” (The New York Times Book Review) story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. Women warriors planned and led revolts on slave ships during the Middle Passage. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history. Wake tells the “riveting” (Angela Y. Davis) story of Dr. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery. The accepted history of slave revolts has always told her that enslaved women took a back seat. But Rebecca decides to look deeper, and her journey takes her through old court records, slave ship captain’s logs, crumbling correspondence, and even the forensic evidence from the bones of enslaved women from the “negro burying ground” uncovered in Manhattan. She finds women warriors everywhere. Using a “remarkable blend of passion and fact, action and reflection” (NPR), Rebecca constructs the likely pasts of Adono and Alele, women rebels who fought for freedom during the Middle Passage, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York. We also follow Rebecca’s own story as the legacy of slavery shapes her life, both during her time as a successful attorney and later as a historian seeking the past that haunts her. Illustrated beautifully in black and white, Wake will take its place alongside classics of the graphic novel genre, like Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Art Spiegelman’s Maus. This story of a personal and national legacy is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake.

Storm-Wake

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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545942772
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (459 download)

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Book Synopsis Storm-Wake by : Lucy Christopher

Download or read book Storm-Wake written by Lucy Christopher and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour de force retelling of The Tempest from a romantic, emotional, and inspiring voice, perfect for passionate readers of all ages. Moss has grown up on the strangest and most magical of islands. Her father has a plan to control the tempestuous weather that wracks the shores. But the island seems to have a plan of its own once Callan -- a wild boy her age -- appears on its beaches. Her complex feelings for Callan shift with every tide, while her love for the island, and her father, are thrown into doubt...And when one fateful day, a young man from the outside world washes up on the beach, speaking of the Old World, nothing will ever be the same. A dark reflection of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Storm-wake is one girl's voyage of discovery -- a mesmerizing tale of magic, faith, and love.

Attack Transport; The Story Of The U.S.S. Doyen [Illustrated Edition]

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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786252635
Total Pages : 412 pages
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Book Synopsis Attack Transport; The Story Of The U.S.S. Doyen [Illustrated Edition] by : Lt. Lawrence A. Marsden

Download or read book Attack Transport; The Story Of The U.S.S. Doyen [Illustrated Edition] written by Lt. Lawrence A. Marsden and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Second World War In The Pacific Illustration Pack – 152 maps, plans and photos. “Among the auxiliary classes of the Navy List are two that carry not only an “auxiliary” but also a “combatant” classification letter. These are the attack transports (APA’s) and the attack cargo vessels (AKA’s). Without belittling the importance of LST’s, LSM’s, LCT’s, and other small types used in the maritime transportation of men and freight, it is the APA’s and the AKA’s that carry the bulk of the troops and equipment to the bloody assault beaches of our overseas landings. They are the backbone of the Amphibious Forces. These ships arrive with the initial amphibious attacks and continue their support throughout the fighting. Unarmored and with small fire power, they yet carry a great weapon that is war’s one essential combat element: the troops that fight on the ground. In war, transports seldom rest. Between assaults, on long and dreary voyages they carry out to distant bases replacement and service troops and freight, and carry back to home ports our casualties and essential war materials. They are the unsung, battle-scarred work horses of the Navy. Transport life was mainly on a humdrum level that had occasional peaks of furious battle. Morale was always high. The resourceful crews of these ships made up for lack of experience through native ingenuity, shining courage, and an eager offensive spirit. As modestly portrayed in Attack Transport, these truly combatant naval vessels of the Amphibious Forces did their share in winning the war. God bless them and the splendid Americans who worked and fought them!”-Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner.

Pacific Alamo

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101658185
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Pacific Alamo by : John Wukovits

Download or read book Pacific Alamo written by John Wukovits and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-07-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor—mere hours after the first attack on the day that would “live in infamy.” But few know the full story of Wake Island. Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the heroic struggle that followed. Thanks to the brave Marines stationed there-and the civilian construction workers who selflessly put their lives on the line to defend the island-what was supposed to be an easy victory became a protracted and costly battle for Imperial Japan. This is the story of that battle, from survivors on both sides, and with a gallery of historic photos.

Island

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443428582
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Book Synopsis Island by : Aldous Huxley

Download or read book Island written by Aldous Huxley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While shipwrecked on the island of Pala, Will Farnaby, a disenchanted journalist, discovers a utopian society that has flourished for the past 120 years. Although he at first disregards the possibility of an ideal society, as Farnaby spends time with the people of Pala his ideas about humanity change. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Wake Up!

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Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763681490
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Book Synopsis Wake Up! by : Helen Frost

Download or read book Wake Up! written by Helen Frost and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple poetic language and close-up photographs invite readers to explore all the baby animals who are born during spring.

Wake Island 1941

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849089434
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis Wake Island 1941 by : Jim Moran

Download or read book Wake Island 1941 written by Jim Moran and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated examination of the daring last stand by a collection of marines, sailors, and other service personnel on Wake Island in World War II - one of the legendary stories of American military history. On the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they also launched air attacks on Wake Island, an American marine and naval base in the Pacific. Three days later a Japanese invasion force stormed the island, but were bloodily repulsed by the scratch force of marines, sailors and even service personnel who defended it. Despite US attempts to relieve the island, the Japanese launched a much greater invasion a few weeks later and, despite gallant resistance, eventually caused the US Forces to surrender. This book tells the complete story of the vicious fighting on Wake Island, featuring full-color maps and archive photography.

American Samurai

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521441681
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (416 download)

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Book Synopsis American Samurai by : Craig M. Cameron

Download or read book American Samurai written by Craig M. Cameron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the cultural dynamics of ground combat.