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Author:

Fahey, James J.

Title:

Pacific war diary : 1942-1945 / James J. Fahey ...

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Copyright Date:

c1963

Description:

[12], 404 p., 6 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Navy--History--20th century.
United States.--Navy.
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
United States--History, Naval--20th century.
Military operations, Naval--American.
Pacific Ocean.
United States.
1900 - 1999
History.
Naval history.
Personal narratives--American.
Printed wrappers (Binding)--United States--20th century.
Bookplates (Provenance)--20th century.
Diaries--United States--20th century.
Survivors' narratives--United States--20th century.
Memoirs--United States--20th century.

Other Authors:

Morison, Samuel Elliot, 1887-1976, author of introduction, etc.
Bryant, Samuel H., bookjacket designer.
Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor. CSmH
Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.

Notes:

Publisher's statement before place of publication, and copyright date from title page verso. "Illustrated with photographs and maps." "The Riverside Press Cambridge." Foreword by Samuel Elliot Morison. "Jacket art by Samuel H. Bryant"--Back inside-flap of printed wrapper. Issued with colored, illustrated wrapper. Includes half title page.

Contents:

Forward / Samuel Eliot Morison -- The Solomons, October 1942-May 1944 -- The Marianas, May 1944-August 1944 -- U.S.A., August 1944-October 1944 -- The Philippines: Mindoro, Luzon, Palawan, October 1944-June 1945 -- Borneo, June 1945-July 1945 -- China and Japan, July 1945-December 1945.

Summary:

Diary of an American seaman aboard the cruiser Montpelier, of the action he saw in the Solomons, Marianas, Philippines and off Borneo, China and Japan, in the second World War.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41887259

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)