Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Pacific Crucible Pacific Crucible 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… OL16229569W
War beneath the waves War beneath the waves Don Keith In November 1943, a young officer named Charlie Rush drew duty on the USS Billfish, a submarine in the Pacific. While the Billfish was on war patrol in the Makassar Strait off Borneo, a Japanese task… OL17056638W
Japanese destroyer captain Japanese destroyer captain Roger Pineau,Tameichi Hara,Fred Saito **(from back cover)** This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japane… OL181008W
Operation Storm Operation Storm John J. Geoghegan Discusses the top-secret Japanese submarine project in World War II, creating submarines designed to work as underwater aircraft carriers, and the planned attack on U.S. cities that could have change… OL19663349W
Sentinels of fire Sentinels of fire Peter T. Deutermann "P.T. Deutermann's World War II Navy series began with the award-winning Pacific Glory, followed by the brilliantly reviewed Ghosts of Bungo Suido. His new novel Sentinels of Fire tells the tale of a… OL19980438W
Kaiten Kaiten 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… OL21090591W
Extraordinary leaders Extraordinary leaders Joseph E. Jannotta Extraordinary Leaders is an account of the author's uncle, Alfred Vernon Jannotta, Jr., who commanded a Landing Craft Infantry Large (LCI L) in multiple campaigns -- first in the Solomons and later i… OL24684983W
History of United States naval operations in World War II History of United States naval operations in World War II Samuel Eliot Morison 15 v. : 23 cm OL2917797W
Silent victory Silent victory Clay Blair With the content of an authoritative reference and the excitement of a thriller, this history of the U.S. submarine war is one of the most informative and entertaining books written on the Pacific ca… OL3234996W
Battleground Atlantic Battleground Atlantic 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… OL5836385W
A battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 A battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 Paul S. Dull The first non-Japanese language battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II to recount the war in the Pacific as the Japanese saw and officially recorded it. OL6686635W