The things our fathers saw : the untold stories of the World War II generation from Hometown, USA. Volume I, Voices of the Pacific Theater / Matthew A. Rozell.
Publisher:
Woodchuck Hollow Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
299 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Notes:
"Rev. 7.3.20." -- Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-299).
Contents:
Resurrection. A Sunday morning -- The defenders -- Captivity -- Into the fray -- A turning point-Guadalcanal -- Sea action -- Captivity-year 2 -- Islands of the damned -- Captivity-years 3 -- The hellships -- The sands of Iwo Jima -- Captivity-year 4: the copper mine -- A rain of ruin -- The Kamikazes -- Typhoon of steel-Okinawa -- Redemption -- Resurrection.
Summary:
World War II in the Pacific Theater, oral histories collected from over 30 U.S. veterans, told in their own words. "At the height of World War II, Look Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a high school history teacher and his students track down over two dozen veterans residing around "Hometown, USA" ..."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.