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Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945

Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945

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Throughout the World War II campaign in the Pacific, an ordinary seaman defied navy regulations by surreptitiously compiling a diary on scraps of paper. One of the most extraordinary personal documents to emerge from the war, James J. Fahey's diary presents a vivid picture of an average sailor's daily life -- from the first battle to the typhoons and food shortages to the final desperate attacks by kamikaze pilots and Japanese suicide ships.

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BrandMariner Books
Pub dateSep 15, 2003
ISBN-10061840080X
ISBN-139780618400805
LanguageEnglish
Paperback404.0 pages
Dimensions8.25 × 1.08 × 5.5 in
Weight1 lb
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