text 82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle
- Summary
- On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa, to launch the largest amphibious assault on the Pacific Theater. then-Major Shaw was the first American officer as... Read more
- Contents
- Prologue: Prelude to battle. Okinawa ; Surprises ahead ; Settling in ; The enemy emerges ; Coming ashore ; A price to be paid ; Sharpening the focus ; The snakes come slithering in ; Trudging on ; The end of the honeymoon ; No rest for the weary ;... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- ix, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 SHAW, ART SHA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 921 SHAW, ART SHA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |