Blossoming silk against the Rising Sun

U.S. and Japanese paratroopers at war in the Pacific in World War II

Blossoming silk against the Rising Sun
Gene Eric Salecker, Gene Eric ...
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Blossoming silk against the Rising Sun

U.S. and Japanese paratroopers at war in the Pacific in World War II

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Stackpole Books
Language
English

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Table of Contents

The Yokosuka 1st Special Naval Landing Force
Dash forward
Japan needs oil
P1 Airfield
The capture of Palembang
Dutch West Timor
Development of the parachute
The U.S. paratrooper
Equipping the American paratrooper
Operation Cartwheel
Nadzab
Baptism of fire
Birth of a division : death of a program
New Guinea interlude
Noemfoor
Leyte firefight
The calm before the storm
Caught napping
Buri Airfield
By air and by sea
Tagaytay Ridge
The Rock
Rock Force Assault
Seizing the Rock
Los Baños
The raid
The last jump
The Pacific combat parachute drops
Notes.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Mechanicsburg, PA
Series
Stackpole military history series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/1273
Library of Congress
D769.347 .S25 2010, D769.347.S25 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24002922M
ISBN 13
9780811706575
LCCN
2009053794
OCLC/WorldCat
496160327

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