Discusses the Pacific theater of World War II, including such topics as the Bataan Death March, the Battle of Midway, and the Battle of Okinawa.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Pearl Harbor -- Recruitment -- Baatan Death March -- Carrier warfare -- The Battle of Midway -- Amphibious landings -- The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot -- Jungle warfare -- Bombing Japan -- Submarine warfare -- The Battle of Leyte Gulf -- Kamikaze attack -- The Battle of Iwo Jima -- The Battle of Okinawa -- Japanese-American internment -- Prisoners of the Japanese -- The home front -- Nursing and medicine -- Recreation and entertainment -- The atomic bombs.