The Williwaw War: The Arkansas National Guard in the Aleutians in World War II

by Donald M. Goldstein

When the 206th Coast Artillery Regiment of the Arkansas National Guard was called into federal service in January of 1941, few of the soldiers saw this action as anything more than a temporary detour in their lives. The war, after all, was in Europe and Asia and did not seem to involve them; many of the men thought they would serve their one-year enlistment and go home. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed all that.

The Williwaw...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557282420
• ISBN13: 9781557282422
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.5"