V-J Day America's World War II triumph in the Pacific Time VJ DAY America's World War II triumph in the Pacific Time Time, Inc issuing body. text History. nyu 2005 monographic eng print 122 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 28 cm This book covers the historic events of the last year of World War II in the Pacific, months that saw some of the most momentous battles of the war. It features new interviews with veterans of Pacific battles, vintage reporting by TIME correspondents, brilliant photojournalism by TIME-LIFE photographers and informative new maps and graphics that bring these remarkable days to life for modern readers. The war in review: Pacific theater -- Situation report: July 1944 -- "I have returned" -- Profile: promise fulfilled -- A soldier's life: the perils of paradise -- Wings across the water -- A sailor's life: flyboys and flattops -- Death's divine wind -- A sailor's life: shipmates -- Beneath the waves, a silent service -- Profile: a question of balance -- Off the beaten path -- Profile: a crisis in China -- A soldier's life: Off duty -- Mission to Manila -- A photographer's eye: Carl Mydans -- A soldier's life: prisoners of Japan -- The ghosts of Bataan -- A soldier's life: a higher power -- Duel on Sulphur Island -- A photographer's eye: Joe Rosenthal -- America at war: facing the rising sun -- Embracing death -- Uncommon soldier -- A soldier's life: the healing touch -- Secrets in the desert -- "Expect a rain of ruin" -- Reluctant surrender -- Victory's sweet song. general by the editors of Time. "60th Anniversary Tribute." p------ V-J Day, 1945 World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Pacifique, Océan Military campaigns Pacific Ocean V-J Day (1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01163464 World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 1939-1945 fast D833 .V5 2005 940.5426 092567103805 NAB 060120 20230906192234.0 in00004737246 eng