Good Night Officially: The Pacific War Letters of a Destroyer Sailor
Autor Yeoman James Orvill Rainesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780367158880
ISBN-10: 0367158884
Pagini: 342
Dimensiuni: 152 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0367158884
Pagini: 342
Dimensiuni: 152 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction One: Training & Transit 1. Commissioning and Stateside Training: April 2July 21, 1944 2. Fleet Training, Territory of Hawaii: July 22–August 24, 1944 3. Westward to the War Zone: August 25–September 24, 1944 Two: "Some Eerie Hell'' 4. Invasion of Morotai Island, Moluccas Islands: September 25–0ctober 8, 1944 5. Invasion of Leyte Island, Philippine Islands: October 9–31, 1944 6. Supporting the Leyte Campaign: November 1–December 8, 1944 7. Invasion of Ormoc, Leyte Island, and Mindoro Island: December 9–21, 1944 8. Lingayen Gulf and the Luzon Island Invasion: December 22, 1944–January 31, 1945 Three: "The Devil's Own Creation" 9. Invasion of Iwo Jima: February 1–March 17, 1945 10. Invasion of Okinawa Shima: March 18–June 1, 1945
Descriere
This book is an account of a destroyer at war as given in the letters of an enlisted sailor, twenty six-year-old Yeoman 2/c James Orvill Raines, to his wife, Ray Ellen, in Texas. The letters provide a glimpse into the fear, loneliness, boredom, and estrangement of the "real" naval war.