Author : Teté Puebla
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 30,38 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
Brigadier General Teté Puebla, the highest-ranking woman in Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces, joined the struggle to overthrow the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1956, when she was fifteen years old. This is her story--from clandestine action in the cities, to serving as an officer
Author : John C. Chapin
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : History
ISBN :
"Breaching the Marianas" by John C. Chapin is a book about the WWII campaigns and Marine Corps history. The book gives a detailed account of what happened on the Mariana Islands of Saipan during the war. Excerpt: "Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan by Captain John C. Chapin, USMCR (Ret) It was a brutal day. At first light on 15 June 1944, the Navy fire support ships of the task force lying off Saipan Island increased their previous days' preparatory fires involving all calibers of weapons. At 0542, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner ordered, "Land the landing force." Around 0700, the landing ships, tank (LSTs) moved to within approximately 1,250 yards behind the line of departure. Troops in the LSTs began debarking from them in landing vehicles, tracked (LVTs). Control vessels containing Navy and Marine personnel with their radio gear took their positions displaying flags indicating which beach approaches they controlled."
Author : Teté Puebla
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 16,29 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Cuba
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Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 1999
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Author : Philip Axtell Crowl
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
Release : 2012-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781258364977
The Fight For Saipan, Tinian, And Guam, Including An Account Of Marine And Navy Participation.
Author : Bruce M. Petty
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1476613710
The battle for Saipan is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific during World War II, and was a turning point on the road to the defeat of Japan. In this work, the survivors--including Pacific Islanders on whose land the Americans and Japanese fought their war--have the opportunity to tell their stories in their own words. The author offers an introduction to the volume and arranges the oral histories by location--Saipan, Yap and Tinian, Rota, Palau Islands, and Guam--in the first half, and by branch of service in the second half.
Author : Cyril J. O'Brien
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 12,43 MB
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : History
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam" by Cyril J. O'Brien. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author :
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Page : 788 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 1997
Category :
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Author : Kent Holmes
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1476621187
Creating a guerrilla movement to fight the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) presented Colonel Wendell Fertig with some formidable challenges. Unlike the other islands in the archipelago, Mindanao had a large Moslem (Moro) population. Using Moro and American leadership he brought the Moro people into the movement. Fertig lacked good communication with MacArthur's headquarters in Australia. With ingenuity and talented technical personnel he solved this problem, and increased the logistical support for the guerrillas by submarine from Australia. As the force expanded, Fertig was fortunate to recruit leadership from 187 Americans--military and civilian--who had not surrendered to the Japanese. The resulting force, with its intelligence from coastal watch stations, added six guerrilla divisions to U.S. military strength for the 1945 liberation of Mindanao, a contribution unique in the history of unconventional warfare.
Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Bombing, Aerial
ISBN :
