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Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific - Couverture rigide

Smith, Rex Alan; Meehl, Gerald A.

 
9780789207616: Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0789207613 ISBN 13 : 9780789207616
Editeur : Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

This pictorial chronicle of America's bitter war against Japanese imperialism interweaves poignant first-person memories with an extensive colour portfolio of dramatic wartime relics that have survived decades on most of the Pacific island battlefields.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rex Alan Smith is a veteran of 36 months with the Army Engineers in the Pacific. His books include: One Last Look (Abbeville), about the 8th Air Force in World War II, and The Carving of Mount Rushmore (Abbeville). Gerald Meehl, the author of more than 90 articles, has traveled extensively in the South Pacific for three decades and has photographed every major island battlefield as well as other related sites. Joe Foss, Medal of Honor winner at Guadalcanal, was the Marine Corps' Ace of Aces, with 26 confirmed kills, the first American fighter pilot to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's record set in World War I.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This pictorial chronicle of America's bitter war against Japanese imperialism interweaves poignant first-person memories with an extensive colour portfolio of dramatic wartime relics that have survived decades on most of the Pacific island battlefields.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0789207613
ISBN 13 
9780789207616
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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