Dispatches from the Pacific : the World War II reporting of Robert L. Sherrod / Ray E. Boomhower.
Dispatches from the Pacific : the World War II reporting of Robert L. Sherrod / Ray E. Boomhower.
Dispatches from the Pacific : the World War II reporting of Robert L. Sherrod / Ray E. Boomhower.
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Publisher
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2017/5102
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The war correspondent -- Learning the trade -- Somewhere in Australia -- War in the fog and atolls : the Aleutians and beyond -- Betio : Red Beach two -- Saipan : Smith versus Smith -- Uncommon valor : Iwo Jima and the flag raising -- Okinawa : the final battle -- "Taps".
Publication information
Publisher
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa Atoll with the US Marine Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod chronicled combat and...
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Full title
Dispatches from the Pacific : the World War II reporting of Robert L. Sherrod / Ray E. Boomhower.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
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Online version: Boomhower, Ray E., 1959- author. Dispatches from the Pacific Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2017 9780253029935 (DLC) 2017030061
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G 2017/5102
Record Identifier
74VKVWG4Mqpb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVWG4Mqpb
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ISBN
0253030366 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780253029607 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0253029600 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780253030368 (paperback : alkaline paper)
DDC
940.545973
MMS ID
991024139692002626
