World War II memoirs : the Pacific Theater

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"In one volume, three unforgettable memoirs that capture the brutality, fear, and heroism of the American land, air, and sea war in the Pacific. "Every generation is a secret society," former Marine pilot Samuel Hynes wrote. "The secret that my generation--the one that came of ag...

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Main Authors: Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-2001 (Author), Hynes, Samuel, 1924-2019 (Author), Kernan, Alvin B. (Author)
Other Authors: Samet, Elizabeth D. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2021]
Series:Library of America ; 351.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • With the old breed at Peleliu and Okinawa / E.B. Sledge
  • Flights of passage: reflections of a World War II aviator / Samuel Hynes
  • Crossing the line: a bluejacket's odyssey in World War II / Alvin Kernan.

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