MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01913cam a22003374a 4500
001 2011051957
003 DLC
005 20120913082056.0
008 111219s2012 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011051957$z 2011048507
020 $a9781612510927 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781612510934 (ebook)
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050 00 $aD767.9$bM395 2012
082 00 $a940.54/5973092$223
100 1 $aMeehl, Gerald A.
245 10 $aOne Marine's war :$ba combat interpreter's quest for mercy in the Pacific /$cby Gerald A. Meehl.
260 $aAnnapolis, MD :$bNaval Institute Press,$cc2012.
300 $axviii, 244 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: 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.
600 10 $aSheek, Bob,$d1922-
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPacific Area.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps$xOfficers$xBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.$bJapanese Language School$xAlumni and alumnae.
650 0 $aTranslators$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aTranslating and interpreting$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zNaval operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPersonal narratives.