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Author Dunn, William J.

Title Pacific microphone / by William J. Dunn ; foreword by Mike Wallace.

Publication Info. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [1988]
©1988

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5481    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  940.54 D92P    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Texas A & M University military history series ; 8
Texas A & M University military history series ; 8.
Note Includes index.
Contents "90-day" assignment -- Douglas MacArthur -- Doubt and belief -- Gem in the tiara -- Singapore to Tokyo -- The "final" stages -- "Hitler didn't read his history" -- Shattered city -- The Burma road -- "It's impossible" -- No doubt of Japan's intentions -- Bittersweet -- Left alone -- Invaded -- Flight -- Trans-Australia -- Melbourne reunion -- A general in search of a command -- War correspondents in search of a war -- Japan threatens from New Guinea -- The Owen Stanleys -- Home -- No young veterans? -- The admiralties and the south Pacific -- Flight to nowhere -- Hollandia -- Back on Philippine soil -- Won by the second team -- Anniversaries and Ormoc -- Return to Luzon -- Pushing southward -- Prisoners of war -- "Lightning column" -- A city burns -- Farewell to a president -- Oil of the Indies -- VE Day -- At last VJ Day -- Into the Rising Sun -- Surrender -- Stars and stripes over Tokyo -- Epilogue.
Subject Dunn, William J.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.
Other Form: Online version: Dunn, William J. Pacific microphone. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1988 (OCoLC)579645100
ISBN 0890963398 alkaline paper $19.95
9780890963395 alkaline paper
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