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Saipan

The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II

By: James H. Hallas

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Saipan

The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II

By: James H. Hallas

The story of the Battle of Saipan has it all. Marines at war: on Pacific beaches, in hellish volcanic landscapes in places like Purple Heart Ridge, Death Valley, and Hell’s Pocket, under a commander known as “Howlin’ Mad.” Naval combat: carriers battling carriers from afar, fighters downing Japanese aircraft, submarines sinking carriers. Marine-army rivalry. Fanatical Japanese defense and resistance. A turning point of the Pacific War. James Hallas reconstructs the full panorama of Saipan in a way that no recent chronicler of the battle has done. In its comprehensiveness, attention to detail, scope of research, and ultimate focus on the men who fought and won the battle on the beaches and at and above the sea, it rivals Richard Frank’s modern classic Guadalcanal. This is the definitive military history of the Battle of Saipan.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811768430

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9780811768436

Doughboy War

The American Expeditionary Force in World War I

By: James H. Hallas

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Doughboy War

The American Expeditionary Force in World War I

By: James H. Hallas

Drawing on journals, diaries, personal narratives, and unit histories, Hallas relates the story of WWI's "doughboys" -- the men behind the American rifles. He weaves from first experiences to the bloody battle at Belleau Wood to Marne and Argonne battlefields, crafting a uniquely personal and startingly real conception of how boys from America became soldiers in Europe.

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Lynne Rienner Publishers

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1555878555

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9781555878559

Fly Boy Heroes

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients of the Air War against Japan

By: James H. Hallas

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Fly Boy Heroes

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients of the Air War against Japan

By: James H. Hallas

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John W. Finn, though suffering multiple wounds, continued to man his machine gun against waves of Japanese aircraft attacking the Kaneohe Bay Naval Station during the infamous Pearl Harbor raid. Just over three years later, as World War II struggled into its final months, a B-29 radioman named Red Erwin lingered near death after suffering horrific burns to save his air crew in the skies off Japan. They were the first and last of thirty U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps aviation personnel awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions against the Japanese during World War II. They included pilots and crewmen manning fighters and dive bombers and flying boats and bombers. One was a general. Another was a sergeant. Some shot down large numbers of enemy aircraft in aerial combat. Others sacrificed themselves for their friends or risked everything for complete strangers. Who were these now largely forgotten men? Where did they come from? What inspired them to rise “above and beyond”? What, if anything, made them different? Virtually all had one thing in common: they always wanted to fly. They came from a generation that revered the aces of World War I, like Eddie Rickenbacker, the civilian flyer Charles Lindbergh, and the lost aviator Amelia Earhart—and then they blazed their own trail during World War II.

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0811771326

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9780811771320

Saipan

The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II

By: James H. Hallas

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The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II

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Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II

By: James H Hallas

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Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II

By: James H Hallas

The epic Battle of Iwo Jima is recounted through the stories of twenty-eight American soldiers who showed uncommon valor during one of WWII’s most bitter conflicts. When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March of 1945, nineteen-thousand American Marines had been wounded and seven-thousand were dead, a casualty rate of nearly thirty-nine percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines’ bloodiest battle of the Second World War and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history. This volume captures the bravery of those who fought in that epic battle through the stories of twenty-two Marines and five Navy personnel who received the Medal of Honor in recognition of their gallantry under fire.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811765288

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9780811765282

The Devil's Anvil

The Assault on Peleliu

By: James H. Hallas

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The Devil's Anvil

The Assault on Peleliu

By: James H. Hallas

On September 15, 1944, General William Rupertus and the 16,000 Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division moved confidently toward Peleliu, an obscure speck of coral island 500 miles east of the Philippines. Though he knew a tough fight awaited him, Rupertus anticipated a quick two-day crush to victory, strengthening Gen. Douglas MacArthur's flank in his drive on the Philippines. Instead, as The Devil's Anvil reveals, American forces struggled desperately for more than two months against 10,000 deeply entrenched Japanese soldiers who had spent six months preparing for the battle. By the time the weary Americans could claim a victory, the fight had become one of the war's most costly successes. Even more tragic, Peleliu was later deemed a more or less unnecessary seizure. For those who survived, Peleliu remains a bitter, emotionally exhausting chapter of their lives. In The Devil's Anvil, Hallas reports on the personal combat experience of scores of officers and enlisted men who were at Peleliu. These men describe the heartbreaking loss of friends, the pain of wounds, and the heat, dirt, and exhaustion of a fight that never seemed to end.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313388555

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9780313388552

The Remains of Company D

A Story of the Great War

By: James Carl Nelson

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The Remains of Company D

A Story of the Great War

By: James Carl Nelson

A compelling tale of battle rooted in one man's search for his grandfather's legacy, this work follows the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, United States First Division, focusing on three major battles during World War I.

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384

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Macmillan

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0312650418

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9780312650414

Pershing and His Generals

Command and Staff in the AEF

By: James J. Cooke

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Pershing and His Generals

Command and Staff in the AEF

By: James J. Cooke

When the United States entered the Great War in April of 1917, there were few officers with any staff training, and none had actually served on large, complex staffs in combat. This work traces the development of the staff of the AEF and describes how Pershing found the generals to command those divisions that fought on the Western Front in World War I. Many of Pershing's generals had been colonels only a few months prior to assuming command of divisions. John J. Pershing's task was to mold a diverse group of men into effective staff officers and into general officers to face the rigors of modern combat. How he accomplished this task, and how well the AEF did, is the focus of this work on the AEF's command and staff structure.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313370389

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9780313370380

Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II

By: James H Hallas

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The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811765288

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9780811765282

America and the Great War

1914 - 1920

By: D. Clayton James,Anne Sharp Wells

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America and the Great War

1914 - 1920

By: D. Clayton James,Anne Sharp Wells

In America and the Great War, 1914-1920, the accomplished writing team of D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells provides a succinct account of the principal military, political, and social developments in United States History as the nation responded to, and was changed by, a world in crisis. A forthright examination of America's unprecedented military commitment and actions abroad, America and the Great War includes insights into the personalities of key Allied officers and civilian leaders as well as the evolution of the new American "citizen soldier." Full coverage is given to President Wilson's beleaguered second term, the experience of Americans-including women, minorities, and recent arrivals-on the home front, and the lasting changes left in the Great War's wake.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118822935

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9781118822937

Refighting the Pacific War

An Alternative History of World War II

By: James Bresnahan

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Refighting the Pacific War

An Alternative History of World War II

By: James Bresnahan

Refighting the Pacific War presents the viewpoints of more than thirty historians, authors, and veterans regarding what happened and what might have happened if events in the Pacific had unfolded differently during World War II. Contributors to this alternative history include the noted military historians William Bartsch, John Burton, Donald Goldstein, John Lundstrom, Robert Mrazek, Jon Parshall, Douglas Smith, Peter Smith, Barrett Tillman, Anthony Tully, and H. P. Willmott. In chapters organized in a roundtable discussion format, the contributors present their differing views on the possible outcomes of the major campaigns of the Pacific War and the implications of those changes on the course of history. The result is a thought-provoking collection of divergent views about the outcome of the war that will be certain to stimulate debate. The naval campaigns and battles discussed include Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf. Additionally, the book delves into key island battles like Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, as well as prewar and postwar political issues: Could Japan have inflicted even greater damage at Pearl Harbor? How might Admiral Yamamoto have achieved victory at Midway? What would have been the impact of that victory on the direction of the war? These are just some of the discussion points posed in Refighting the Pacific War. In addition, the book explores whether the war was inevitable, includes an extensive study of the opening year of the war when the Japanese war machine seemed unstoppable, and considers if the conflict could have ended without the use of the atomic bomb. Vice Admiral Yoji Koda, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (Ret.), Yamamoto’s successor as commander of Japan’s combined fleet and a pillar of the postwar alliance between the United States and Japan, provides the book’s introduction, in which he places the book in the context of the frequently told stories and views from the Japanese side.

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Naval Institute Press

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161251068X

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9781612510682

Guam

The Battle for an American Island in World War II

By: James H Hallas

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Guam

The Battle for an American Island in World War II

By: James H Hallas

In this sequel to his epic Saipan, James Hallas tells the dramatic story of the battle for Guam in World War II, the next stage of the United States' pivotal campaign for the Mariana Islands--and the beginning of the end for the Japanese Empire. In December 1941, Japan captured Guam, the largest island of the Marianas archipelago and an American territory since 1898, and turned it into a naval and air base, a supply dump, and a massive prison for the native Chamorros. After a long, bloody drive back across the Pacific, the United States was ready to retake Guam in the summer of 1944, not only to liberate the island, but to secure its harbor and airstrip, both vitally important for mounting an aggressive attack against the Japanese home islands. Saipan came first in Operation Forager, the campaign to take the Marianas, and as that battle bogged down in vicious combat, the invasion of Guam was delayed--until July 21, 1944, when, after one of the Pacific War's longest and most devastating bombardments, U.S. Marines and Army soldiers trudged ashore, spearheaded by frogmen who pierced Japanese defenses. Guam was a hellish place for a war, and for two and a half weeks, American fighting men battled a tenacious enemy on sandy beaches, in jungles, mountains, ravines, caves, and swamps, in sweltering humidity and frequent downpours. The Japanese fought to the last man, at first mounting well-organized attacks and in the end relying on suicidal charges--in places inflicting up to 50 percent casualties on American units. Major operations ended on August 10, but mopping up continued until the end of the war, and the last Japanese holdout did not surrender until 1972. James Hallas reconstructs the full panorama of the Battle of Guam. In its comprehensiveness, attention to detail, scope of research, and intimate focus on the men who fought and won the battle, this will stand as the definitive history of the battle for years to come.

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Stackpole Books

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0811776891

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Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

By: James H. Capps

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Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

By: James H. Capps

An exact map of thousands of actual crossword puzzle clues, this book gives answers, not lists of synonyms. It's the perfect help for newcomers to crossword puzzles, for people building word skills, or for anyone stumped by that one obscure clue in a puzzle. Over 179,000 clues and answer words are arranged in a simplified format that makes answers easy to find. Included are many off the beaten path entries and full clue phrases that can't be found in conventional crossword puzzle dictionaries. The author is a lifelong crossword puzzle fan, who has compiled the entries for this book over years of puzzle solving.

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Webster's New World

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0028618378

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9780028618371

The Devil's Anvil

The Assault on Peleliu

By: James H. Hallas

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The Devil's Anvil

The Assault on Peleliu

By: James H. Hallas

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Saipan

Saipan

Doughboy War

Doughboy War

Fly Boy Heroes

Fly Boy Heroes

Saipan

Saipan

Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

The Devil's Anvil

The Devil's Anvil

The Remains of Company D

The Remains of Company D

Pershing and His Generals

Pershing and His Generals

Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

America and the Great War

America and the Great War

Refighting the Pacific War

Refighting the Pacific War

Guam

Guam

Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

The Devil's Anvil

The Devil's Anvil

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