An edition of One Marine's War (2012)

One Marine's war

A Combat Interpreter's Quest for Mercy in the Pacific

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A Combat Interpreter's Quest for Mercy in the Pacific

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Naval Institute Press
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Alumni and alumnae, United States, Translators, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps, Translating and interpreting, United States. Navy. Japanese Language School, Officers, Biography, History, United states, marine corps, biography, United states, navy, World war, 1939-1945, pacific area, World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, american, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, American Naval operations, Personal narratives

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Bob Sheeks (1922-)

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United States, Personal narratives, Pacific Area, American Naval operations

Times

20th century
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Cover of: One Marine's war
One Marine's war: A Combat Interpreter's Quest for Mercy in the Pacific
2012, Naval Institute Press
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Table of Contents

Prologue: a peculiar incident on Saipan, western tropical pacific, 1944
An unusual childhood: Shanghai, 1932
Japanese language immersion: Berkeley, California and Boulder, Colorado
1942-43
Combat training: Camp Elliott, and on to the Pacific, 1943
Adventures in Japanese language: New Zealand and Noumea, New Caledonia, 1943
First combat: Japanese surrender not an option on Tarawa, 1943
Between campaigns: Hawaii, 1943-1944
They didn't all commit suicide: the Japanese surrenders at Saipan, 1944
A human connection with the enemy: Tinian, 1944
Japanese language and WWII in retrospect: Boulder, 2002.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Annapolis, MD

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Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/5973092
Library of Congress
D767.9 M395 2012, D767.9M395 2012, D767.9 .M395 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.

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Open Library
OL25162825M
ISBN 13
9781612510927, 9781612510934
LCCN
2011051957
OCLC/WorldCat
770694274

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