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Military campaigns Pacific Area Pacific Area History, Military 20th century World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Japan World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, AmericanSheehan, Sean
Summary: Presents a short history of the Pacific theater of war during World War Two and provides information on the spread of Japanese imperialism in the East, the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Bataan death march and other atrocities, and the Allied advance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Almanac Library 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 940.54 SHESimons, Lisa M. Bolt
Summary: "The Japanese and their invading forces have wreaked havoc across eastern Asia. They've even attacked the U.S. Naval Base Pearl Harbor. You're part of the Allied Forces helping defend the Pacific Front. YOU CHOOSE how you will help fight for freedom on the high seas? Will you make the right decisions to help forward your cause and come home safe?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: You Choose, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Summary: Portrays the events of World War II in 1944, when escalating Pacific battles between the forces of General MacArthur and the Japanese army lead to the development of humanity's deadliest weapon and President Truman's impossible choice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 OREFirme, Tom
Summary: "Learn about the history of World War II (1939-1945) on the Asian and Pacific fronts in this volume of History Summarized. Each volume in this series concisely surveys a major historical event or interrelated series of events or a major cultural, economic, political, or social movement." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 FIRChrisp, Peter.
Contents: Pearl Harbor -- Why war came -- Japanese conquests -- Striking back -- The battle of Midway -- Home fronts -- U.S. offensives -- The island campaign -- Attacking Japan -- Atomic bombs -- Victory and defeat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5426 CHRO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 ORECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 ORECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 ORECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars O'ReillySummary: "In one volume, three unforgettable memoirs that capture the brutality, fear, and heroism of the American land, air, and sea war in the Pacific. "Every generation is a secret society," former Marine pilot Samuel Hynes wrote. "The secret that my generation--the one that came of age during the Second World War--shared was simply the war itself." This volume brings together the powerful memoirs of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WORDeutermann, P. T. (Peter T.)
Summary: "The island of Iwo Jima was the epic land and sea battle that produced one of the iconic images of WWII: the Marines raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi, an active volcano that was the site of intense hand to hand combat. In this gripping novel, Deutermann follows a young gunnery liaison officer, Lee Bishop, who during the ferocious battle for the island is pulled from his station...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "In this intensely powerful memoir, biographer-historian William Manchester looks back at his own early life. The memoir offers a firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific: what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences"--Container
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5483 MANAlexander, Larry
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Publisher / Publication Date: NAL Caliber 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 ALEMcManus, John C.
Summary: "From the author of Fire and Fortitude, the continuation of the US Army's epic crusade in the Pacific War, from the battle of Saipan to the occupation of Japan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Caliber, Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MCMHillenbrand, Laura.
Summary: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ZAMPERINI HILHillenbrand, Laura.
Summary: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5472 HILHoyt, Edwin Palmer.
Summary: This account of the Pacific arena from the Japanese perspective addresses two important aspects of World War II; why did the Japanes initiate the conflict and why was the United States unprepared to answer the aggression?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cooper Square Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 HOYO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 O'RECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 OREO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.54 OREBuckley, James
Summary: "By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BUCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BUCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHOKennedy, Paul M.
Summary: Analyzes previously unexplored strategic factors that contributed to the Allied victory in World War II, sharing assessments of ambitious goals successfully pursued by FDR, Churchill, and other attendees at the Casablanca Conference.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 KENDavid, Saul
Summary: From the award-winning historian, Saul David, the riveting narrative of the heroic US troops, bonded by the brotherhood and sacrifice of war, who overcame enormous casualties to pull off the toughest invasion of WWII's Pacific Theater -- and the Japanese forces who fought with tragic desperation to stop them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 DAVSummary: When the war ended, his battle began. Based on Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling book, this begins where Unbroken ends, sharing the next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UnToll, Ian W.
Summary: Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the U.S. Navy won the largest naval battle in history; Douglas MacArthur made good his pledge to return to the Philippines; waves of kamikazes attacked the Allied fleets; the Japanese fought to the last man on one island after another; B-29 bombers burned down Japanese cities; and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 TOLConroy, Robert (Joseph Robert)
Summary: After a devastating encounter with Japanese submarines at the Battle of Midway, American naval forces are left in disarray as Japan dominates the Pacific, but a bold plan for ambushing the Japanese offers the hope of giving the Americans a fighting chance again.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONSpencer, James
Summary: A novel told through a collection of vignettes follows the adventures of boyhood friends who take different military paths, a combat-weary flight surgeon, a captain with a troubled past, and a woman who affects all of them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPEMakos, Adam.
Summary: Based on interviews with veterans and unpublished memoirs, tells the true stories of twenty marines during World War II, from the attacks on Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and their return home after V-J Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2013