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Author:   Bruce M. Petty
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780786442447

ISBN 10:   0786442441
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 May 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction      PART I Micronesian Voices: Oral Histories of Pacific Islanders 1. Saipan Japanese Father, Chamorro Mother—Vicky Vaughan      My Two Families—Sister Antonieta Ada      Escolastica—Escolastica Tudela Cabrera      The Fisherman’s Son—Juan Blanco      The Policeman—Gregorio C. Cabrera      Messenger Boy for the Japanese Police—Manuel T. Sablan      Provisional Marine—Cristino S. Dela Cruz      Arrested by the Kempeitai—David Sablan      Carolinian Elder—Felipe Iguel Ruak      With Father Tardio and the Nuns—Marie Soledad Castro      The Boy from Taegu—Taeki Lee      2. Yap and Tinian The Flemings from Yap—Alfred Flores Fleming and Rosalia Aldan Fleming      The White Russian from Yap—Alex Tretnoff      3. Rota Digging Tunnels on Rota—Antonio Shimabukuro Borja      Hungry and Thirsty on Rota—Jose King      Chicken and Corn—Jose Hocog Mundo      4. Palau Islands I Worked for the Kempeitai—Roman Tmetuchl      The Sailor from Angaur—Manuel S. Sablan      5. Guam The Interpreter—Henry S. Pangelinan      The Interpreter’s Wife—“Marikita” Palacios Crisostomo      From Sumay to Santa Rita—Gregorio Borja      PART II American Voices: Oral Histories of U.S. Military Veterans and Their Families 6. The Marines The First Armored Amphibian Battalion—Dale L. Barker      The Bastard Battalion—Frank Borta      Farm Boy from Oklahoma—Paul E. Cooper      Sixth Provisional Marine M.P. Battalion—James A. Moore      Maug Island—Robert Owensby      Marines Don’t Cry in Public—Robert Roland      Mr. Leary—Carl Matthews      7. The Army Military Intelligence Service Attached to Twenty-seventh Army Division—Benjamin Hazard      A Nisei’s Story—Nobuo Richard Kishiue      The Thirty-third Coast Artillery Battery—Roland Fronheiser      Field Artillery Officer—Edmund Joseph Lyga      8. The Navy Navy Civil Affairs Unit—Harris Martin      Gunnery Officer: USS Twining (DD 540)—William VanDusen      Patrol Bombing Squadron Twenty-two—Bob Willig      9. The Army Air Force B-29 Lead Pilot—Ray Brashear      B-24 Nose Gunner—Gerald Shaffer      10. The Home Front When Johnnie Didn’t Come Marching Home—Bill Winnekins      Already I Miss You as Much as I Thought I Would—Jane Broome Plante      Index     

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Excellent --Catholic Library World -- The Journal of America's Military Past The Journal of America's Military Past

a first-rate work --World War II Magazine; excellent --Catholic Library World; this large, well illustrated...book preserves the generally interesting and frequently emotional reminiscences of civilians and soldiers who were involved in the bloody June-July 1944 liberation of Saipan --The Journal of America's Military Past; survivors of this particularly horrendous battle...tell their stories in their own words --Sea Power; interesting --Chamorro.com; an excellent introduction...includes detailed maps...lavishly illustrated with photographs...an important read...a must read...honors the past while giving the read plenty of new insights and perspectives to ponder --Pacific Wrecks; very thoughtful and moving accounts, many with 'then and now' photos. Nicely done and sure to appeal to anyone who likes oral histories --Stone & Stone Second World War Books; Should be read by all. --Capt. James B. Johnson, USNR-Ret, former Naval Administrator. Fascinating. --Ruth Tighe.

Author Information

Bruce M. Petty served for two years on the U.S.S. Yorktown during the Vietnam War. A California native, he has lived in Saipan. His writings have been published in The Pacific Daily News, The Marianas Variety, Umanidat: A Journal of the Humanities and Journal of the Pacific Society. Formerly a nuclear medicine technologist, he currently writes in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

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