An edition of The Pacific is my beat
(1943)
The Pacific is my beat
by Keith Wheeler
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The Pacific is my beat ...
1943, Books, inc., distributed by E.P. Dutton and company, inc.
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Table of Contents
FOREWORD 7
CONVOY 17
F. S. No. 3 31
HAIRCUT FOR BATTLE 33
PANDORA'S BANDBOX 41
RECESSIONAL 57
HOME FROM THE SEA 65
WAKE AT WAKE 71
MARCUS 87
THE FLYING TRAPEZE 93
NOT IN COMMUNIQUES 101
ROAD TO TOKYO - OR SEATTLE 107
CARRIERS OFF DUTCH HARBOR 113
THE ZOOMIES 125
INTO THE SOUP 137
BATTLING SPITKIT 145
XVII. WILLIWAW 153
XVIII. CRASH 161
XIX. UMNAK MUD IS DEEP 167
XX.ONE-WAY TICKET 175
XXI. MEATBOX 183
XXII. OVER THE HUMP 199
XXIII. SUBS IN SOUP 207
XXIV. FOUR HUNDRED TONS OF TNT 213
XXV. RESCUE 231
XXVI. SITDOWN IN SITKA 237
XXVII. SNAFU MARU
XXVIII. THE MONKS OF TORPEDO JUNCTION 243
XXIX. ALL ASHORE THAT'S GOING ASHORE 255
XXX. ALEUTIAN SUBDIVISION 265
XXXI. PONTOON JOE FROM TOKYO 277
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ATTU POSTSCRIPT 289
List of Illustrations
American planes roar homeward after defeating Japs at Santa Cruz frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Destroyer Shaw blowing up in the attack on Pearl Harbor 30
Another view of Pearl Harbor wreckage 31
Destruction of the Japanese base at Wotje, Gilbert and Marshall Islands 40
Result of a Jap suicide dive on the flight deck of a carrier 41
Lull before the Marcus Island attack 56
Army bomber taking off from the Hornet, Tokyo bound 57
A Jap torpedo plane attacks the Lexington 64
Jap bombs fail to silence machine guns at Dutch Harbor 65
Wrecked Zero plane, after the Dutch Harbor attack 96
The carrier Yorktown is hit at the Battle of Midway 97
Crew members and fliers examine Yorktown before she sank 128
Japanese heavy cruiser, bombed in the Battle of Midway 129
Marines raise the flag on Midway at height of battle 160
General view of the damage on Midway Island 161
Jap transport burns and sinks in Kiska Harbor 192
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
A Pacific Fleet cruiser in action off Kisha Island 193
Marine Corps fighter pilots relaxing on Guadalcanal 224
The Army lands to reinforce Marines on Guadalcanal 235
The carrier Wasp sinks during the action off Guadalcanal 232
Weary Leathernecks wait to be taken off Guadalcanal beach 233
Japs attack carrier in the Battle of Santa Cruz 248
More ship-and-plane action in the Battle of Santa Cruz 249
Destruction of two attacking Jap warplanes in the Santa Cruz action 256
Second plane crashes behind the first 256
First combat action photo taken through American submarine periscope 257
Navy torpedo bomber cuts loose its cargo 288
Navy dive bombers peel off for attack 289
Marines in training at Sitka, Alaska, pause in the rain on a hike 320
A Navy town somewhere in the Aleutians endures a bitter winter 321
Dinner in the Aleutians 352
Navy cruiser fires a salvo from its main battery 353
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