Pacific War Stories: In the Words of Those Who Survived

by Rex Alan Smith

Book Overview

In this new book by the authors of Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory of World War II in the Pacific, the history of the War in the Pacific comes vividly to life in the words of those who witnessed it first hand. The editors create for the reader, as the veterans themselves recall it, what that war was like--how it looked, felt, smelled, and sounded. The stories collected here are a unique portrayal of the mundane, exotic, boring, terrifying, life-altering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789208172
• ISBN13: 9780789208170
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"