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A Time of War : Remembering Guadalcanal, A Battle Without Maps /

Whyte, William H.

A Time of War : Remembering Guadalcanal, A Battle Without Maps / William H. Whyte. - 1 online resource (145 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Getting Ready -- 2 Joining Up -- 3 Shipping Out -- 4 Making a Landing -- 5 Meeting the Enemy -- 6 Fighting the Enemy -- 7 Patrolling -- 8 Our Turn -- 9 Winding Down -- 10 Recuperating -- 11 Teaching -- 12 Thereafter -- Appendix A: Hyakutake Meets the Marines -- Appendix B: Pacific Fleet Chain of Command -- Index

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A memoir by William H. Whyte. The battle for control of Guadalcanal in 1942 and what the Americans learned from it forms the heart of the book. The battle was the first real test of land combat between the United States and Japan.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780823220083 9780823295081

10.1515/9780823295081 doi


HISTORY / Military / World War II.