Recalls the battle over New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, one of America's offensive actions in the Pacific during World War II

Munda Trail

History

Hammel, Eric M.

Military

Avon/Books

Eric Hammel. It was a Japanese victory-but it spelled the end for Japan in the war at sea. In Carrier Strike, critically acclaimed military historian Eric Hammel gives a blow-by-blow, edge-of-your-seat account of this crucial naval battle-a turning point in the bitter Guadalcanal Campaign. Drawing on American and Japanese battle reports and the recollections of aviators and seamen who were there, Hammel recreates World War II's fourth - and last - carrier versus carrier battle, the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. Written in the heart-stopping style that Hammel's readers have come to expect, Carrier Strike offers the only up-to-date, up-close, in-depth look at the battle that cost Japan any hope of winning the war in the Pacific.

Carrier Strike: The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands,october 1942

Zenith Pr

The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron Vf-17

In an action-packed war memoir and squadron history, ace fighter pilot Tom Blackburn describes exactly how he shaped a crew of over-eager hotshots into one of the highest scoring fighter squadrons of World War II and U.S. Navy history. In only 76 days of combat, Blackburn's Jolly Rogers downed a record 154 enemy warplanes, and Blackburn himself emerged as one of VF-17’s leading aces with eleven aerial combat victories to his credit. A complete history of the squadron from its commissioning in January 1943 to its disbanding in April 1944including a harrowing account of the squadron’s intense, winning campaign against the Japanese over the northern Solomon Islands and Fortress Rabaulthis book offers a fascinating look at Blackburn’s approach to organizing, training, and leading his pilotsthirteen of whom, the author included, became air aces.

The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn And Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17

Blackburn, Tom

On the morning of Saturday, November 20, 1943, the 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead. The objective was tiny Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, and the going was supposed to be easya target already ""pounded into coral dust"" by a massive naval and air bombardment. But what the Marines discovered was an island garrison alive and well, the Japanese defenses intact and manned by foes who would rather die than surrender. The battle that followedthree full days of terror during which more than 3,000 died to ""secure"" an island half the size of New York’s Central Parkis fully told in words and pictures in this dramatic book. Building on the updated text of their 76 Hours: The Invasion of Tarawa, the authors use more than 250 photos and combat drawings from the U.S. Navy and Marine archives and private collections to reveal the graphic horror of warfare at its worst. Their book follows every terrifying step as the Marines, failed by the invasion’s planners, are forced to wade more than 500 yards through fire-swept, knee-deep water, reaching land only to face what many historians agree was the best, most concentrated defenses American troops encountered in the entire Pacific War. The result is an immortal story of certainty shattered and courage recovered against overwhelming odds, of victory culled from near-defeat, and its terrible cost.

Bloody Tarawa: The 2d Marine Division, November 20-23, 1943

Lane, John E.

Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War

The epic retreat-under-fire of the 1st Marine Division offers a valuable perspective on war at the gut level.

Vanguard Pr

Asia

Presidio Pr

The story of the Navy's foremost fighter squadrons in World War II is told from the viewpoint of their leader, Lieutenant Commander Tom Blackburn, and follows their daring adventures in the sky. Reissue.

Pacifica Pr

Nearly 100 American veterans recall the grueling 77-day siege of Khe Sanh, an ordeal that epitomizes virtually every aspect of the Vietnam War. Surrounded by two divisions of North Vietnamese soldiers and resupplied entirely by air, hungry and thirsty U.S. Marines engaged in some of the most savage hand-to-hand combat of the entire war. The vividly detailed recollections of key participants place readers at the heart of the action, as mortars fall continuously and Marines struggle to cut down the enemy. A gripping narrative that illustrates the harrowing nature of a battle in which superior American fire and air power proved decisive, but at a terrible cost.

Khe Sanh: Siege in the Clouds : An Oral History

Americas

A military history of the last serious carrier-versus-carrier campaign by the Japanese in World War II. The author presents a straightforward narrative, free of serious analysis. The volume is an expanded version of half of the author's Guadalcanal: The Carrier Battles (1987) and presents more of the human side of the story (specifically the Allies' human side) than was captured in his previous treatment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Carrier Strike: The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942

From June to August 1943, outnumbered Japanese engaged some 4,000 US infantrymen untried in jungle warfare in the Solomon Islands. A military historian depicts this nearly forgotten battle to take the Munda airfield, one of the first sustained offensive actions to turn the tide in the Pacific. Originally published by Orion Books in 1989. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Munda Trail: The New Georgia Campaign, June-August 1943

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Munda Trail

Carrier Strike: The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands,october 1942

The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn And Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17

Bloody Tarawa: The 2d Marine Division, November 20-23, 1943

Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War

Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War

The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron Vf-17

Khe Sanh: Siege in the Clouds : An Oral History

Carrier Strike: The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942

Munda Trail: The New Georgia Campaign, June-August 1943