Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific
Gerald A. Meehi, Rex Alan Smith$38.25
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Pacific Legacy offers an unprecedented record of the relics of World War II that have survived on the islands of the Pacific: American landing craft rusting on the reefs where they were stopped by enemy fire; shell-pocked Japanese fortifications; fallen aircraft overgrown by jungle; packed-coral landing strips still as good as new. These evocative color images are paired with archival photographs that show the same tropical battlegrounds as they appeared in wartime.
The text covers the entire war in the Pacific, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to Japan's surrender in Tokyo Bay. The principal battles are recounted hour-by-hour, drawing heavily on firsthand accounts. This vivid narrative helps the reader visualize what it was really like to be at war in the Pacific, doggedly island-hopping to victory.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 04/30/2019
ISBN: 9780789213334
Pages: 300
Weight: 3.75lbs
Size: 10.30h x 10.40w x 1.10d