D-Days in the Pacific Miller, Donald L. 1944- creator text bibliography nyu New York Simon & Schuster 2005 First Simon & Schuster paperback edition. monographic eng print xi, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Presents a comprehensive study of the extensive Allied campaign to retake the Pacific islands from the Japanese and includes eyewitness accounts of the battles from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki along with a number of photographs and maps. Acknowledgments -- A note for the reader -- A note on Japanese names -- Photo credits -- 1. The Rising Sun -- 2. The Hard Way Back -- 3. Amphibious Advance -- 4. Saipan -- A Marine at Peleliu -- 6. The Return -- 7. The B-29s -- 8. Uncommon Valor -- 9. Okinawa -- 10. The Setting Sun -- 11. Victory -- Epilogue : Remembering -- Pacific D-Day Invasions : 1942-1945 -- Organization of the United States ground forces, World War II -- Notes -- Index. Donald L. Miller. "Comprised of selected, greatly revised and expanded chapters from The story of World War II, as well as additional new material"--Title page verso. "A Lou Reda book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-409) and index. Donated by Holly E. Rees 20180507 p------ World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area Military campaigns Pacific Area World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 1939-1945 fast D767 .M467 2005 940.54/26 Story of World War II Miller, Donald L., 1944- 0743269292 9780743269292 2004065391 0743269292 BWI DLC 041207 20211230122356.0 in00004384888 eng