Pacific War Diary (Illustrated Abridged)
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ISBN: 0295973048 / Publisher: University of Washington Press, September 1998
Fahey enlisted in the US Navy on October 3, 1945 and kept a diary of his experiences throughout the...
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Fahey enlisted in the US Navy on October 3, 1945 and kept a diary of his experiences throughout the long naval campaign in the Pacific. He and his shipmates on the USS Montpelier engaged the enemy in the Solomons, at Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas, the Philippines, Borneo, China, and during the final days of Okinawa. He also describes the devastation of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb at the war's end. Includes b&w photos from Navy and Army sources. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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