Alone on Guadalcanal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alone on Guadalcanal write by Alexandra C. Clemens. This book was released on 2013-01-15. Alone on Guadalcanal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive. Scottish-born and Cambridge-educated, Martin Clemens managed to survive months behind Japanese lines in one of the most unfriendly climates and terrains in the world. After countless partisan and spy missions, in 1942 he emerged from the jungle and integrated his Melanesian commando force into the heart of the 1st Marine Division's operations, earning the unfettered admiration of such legendary Marine officers as Vandegrift, Thomas, Twining, Edson, and Pate. This book is based on a journal Clemens kept during the war and might well be the last critical source of analysis of the Solomon's campaign. His eyewitness accounts of harrowing long-distance patrols and life on the run from shadowy Japanese intelligence operatives and treacherous islanders are unmatched in the literature of the Pacific war. First published in 1998, the story, with an introduction by Allan R. Millett, is essential and enjoyable reading.
Lonely Vigil
Lonely Vigil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lonely Vigil write by Walter Lord. This book was released on 2012-03-06. Lonely Vigil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines. The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands’ highest points. Sometimes encamped in comfort, sometimes exposed to the elements, these coastwatchers kept lookout for squadrons of Japanese bombers headed for Allied positions, holding their own positions even when enemy troops swarmed all around. They were Australian-born but Solomon-raised, and adept at survival in the unforgiving jungle environment. Through daring and insight, they stayed one step ahead of the Japanese, often sacrificing themselves to give advance warning of an attack. In Lonely Vigil, Walter Lord, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Night to Remember and The Miracle of Dunkirk, tells of the survivors of the campaign and what they risked to win the war in the Pacific.
Coast Watching in World War II
Coast Watching in World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Coast Watching in World War II write by A. B. Feuer. This book was released on 2006. Coast Watching in World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Vivid firsthand accounts of a secret organization whose existence was denied during the war. Maps pinpoint coast-watching locations.
A Time of War
A Time of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Time of War write by William Hollingsworth Whyte. This book was released on 2000. A Time of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The battle for control of Guadalcanal, and what Americans learned from it, forms the heart of William H. Whyte's memoir. Humorous and loving, brilliantly descriptive and fully researched, A Time of War is a significant addition to the personal accounts of the war in the Pacific.
The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific
The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific write by Eric A. Feldt. This book was released on 2019-08-17. The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Coastwatchers is the fascinating story of the unsung heroic civilian spotters of World War 2 who roamed the coastlines of their home islands and reported back enemy sightings to Allied Intelligence. Author Eric Feldt led Operation Ferdinand, part of the build-up to the Normandy landings, in which the Coastwatchers, by this time on the US Navy's payroll, played a critical role. His intimate knowledge of Ferdinand, and his familiarity with the Coastwatchers of the Pacific islands, provides a unique perspective on this little known but important chapter of military history.
