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Pacific Crucible
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Ian W. Toll |
On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the… |
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Nixon's Trident
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John Darrell Sherwood,Naval Historical Center (U.S.) |
Series: U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War |
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Knowing the enemy
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Richard A. Mobley |
"Covers the Navy intelligence establishment's support to the war effort in Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1975. It describes the contribution of naval intelligence to key strategic, operational, and tac… |
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The battle off Midway Island
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Taylor, Theodore |
An account of the June, 1942, air battle between American and Japanese forces which proved a decisive defeat for the Japanese and the turning point of the war in the Pacific. |
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The good shepherd
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C. S. Forester |
The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, t… |
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Hell from the heavens
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John F. Wukovits |
The destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724), second in World War Two to bear that name, was attacked by twenty-two kamikaze pilots and survived severe damage in April 1945 during the invasion of Okinawa. |
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The Kamikaze hunters
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Will Iredale |
"Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rath… |
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Kaiten
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Michael Mair,Joy Waldron |
"In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's secret weapon, the Kaiten--a man… |
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The Navy war
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Arthur B. Layton |
vii, 134 p. : 28 cm |
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Doris Miller
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Vickie Gail Miller |
Presents a biography of Doris Miller, an African-American sailor from Waco, Texas, who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, defended his ship, and rescued several crewmen. |
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SS Jeremiah O'Brien
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Walter W. Jaffee |
xiv, 400 p. : 24 cm |
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Memories & memorials
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Steve Ewing |
vi, 218 p. : 28 cm |
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A necessary end
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Nathaniel Benchley |
A young man's diary reveals the fears, frustrations, and humor which filled his three years in the Navy during World War II. |
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Submarines in the Pacific
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G. C. Skipper |
Describes the role of American submarines during World War II as they patrolled the Pacific Ocean in deadly wolf packs. |
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Battleground Atlantic
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Richard N. Billings |
In June, 1944, U.S. Navy warplanes sank a Japanese submarine called the I-52 in the Atlantic, an event of enormous strategic importance. For the I-52 was to return to Japan with the lethal ingredient… |
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Clear the Decks!
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Daniel V. Gallery |
This book is a view of Navy orations set in the time of World War II. There is much humor brought out by Daniel Gallery the commander of his vessel as he describes some of the antic that take place … |
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