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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Rear Admiral James C. Shaw, United States Navy, Retired
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Rear Admiral James C. Dempsey, United States Navy, Retired
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Register of the James C. Shaw Papers
Author: James Clair Shaw
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Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Languages : en
Pages : 18
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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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"This final narrative volume of Morison's history recounts the infamous campaigns for Iwo Jima and Okinawa, two of the most bitterly contested campaigns of the war.When the U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima, they expected to secure it within a few days. No one had anticipated Japan's determination to defend the island to the last man. Morison describes the Japanese defense system of camouflaged rifle pits and fortified gunning positions that held the Allies at bay and the heavy and continuous cover of naval gunfire that prevented even greater losses. As it was, the securing of Iwo Jima cost the United States more casualties than had been incurred in taking any other island in the Pacific. On Okinawa, the conflict stretched over six long, bloody months.As land forces struggled for every inch they took on the islands, the U.S. Navy faced the desperate fury of the kamimaze corps and its harvest of flaming terror: explosions, burning and flooded ships, searing injuries and death. Fierce weather, logistical complexities, Japanese submarines, and the unexpected death of President Roosevelt also took their toll. Morison concludes his epic account with the final skirmishes of the war, the fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb, and the delicate negotiations leading to Japanese surrender."
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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"This final narrative volume of Morison's history recounts the infamous campaigns for Iwo Jima and Okinawa, two of the most bitterly contested campaigns of the war.When the U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima, they expected to secure it within a few days. No one had anticipated Japan's determination to defend the island to the last man. Morison describes the Japanese defense system of camouflaged rifle pits and fortified gunning positions that held the Allies at bay and the heavy and continuous cover of naval gunfire that prevented even greater losses. As it was, the securing of Iwo Jima cost the United States more casualties than had been incurred in taking any other island in the Pacific. On Okinawa, the conflict stretched over six long, bloody months.As land forces struggled for every inch they took on the islands, the U.S. Navy faced the desperate fury of the kamimaze corps and its harvest of flaming terror: explosions, burning and flooded ships, searing injuries and death. Fierce weather, logistical complexities, Japanese submarines, and the unexpected death of President Roosevelt also took their toll. Morison concludes his epic account with the final skirmishes of the war, the fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb, and the delicate negotiations leading to Japanese surrender."
Rear Admiral James O. Cobb, United States Navy, Retired
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877
Author: Charles Wilkes
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Rear Admiral James P. Clay, United States Navy, Retired
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Rear Admiral Jack M. James, U.S. Navy, Retired
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Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Rear Admiral James M. Shoemaker, U.S. Navy, Retired
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Rear Admiral James A. Dare, United States Navy, Retired
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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