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Combat loaded: across the Pacific on the USS Tate
| العنوان: | Combat loaded: across the Pacific on the USS Tate |
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| المؤلفون: | Crew, Thomas E., 1957- |
| بيانات النشر: | College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2007. 1st ed. |
| سنة النشر: | 2007 |
| وصف مادي: | xxii, 232 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| سلاسل: | Texas A&M University military history series Texas A & M University military history series |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Tate (Ship), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American., World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States., World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean., World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation -- United States. |
| الوصف: | "The first authoritative history of any of the nearly 350 attack transports or attack cargo ships of World War II, Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate contains gripping combat narratives alongside the sometimes heartwarming, sometimes tragic details of daily life on board the ships of Transport Squadron 17 during the waning days of World War II."--Jacket. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | 1. Mobilization: Awaken a sleeping giant -- 2. Across the Pacific: Gold bars on your shoulders -- 3. The Philippines: This Is no Goddamned drill! -- 4. Kerama Retto: Ours to hold it high -- 5. Okinawa: For those in peril on the Sea -- 6. In Floating Reserve: We slept at our guns -- 7. Combat loaded: The entire beach seemed to be on fire -- 8. Ie Shima: Forge a ring of steel -- 9. Crossing the line: Peace-lovin' civilian -- 10. The Golden Gate: A virgin visits Frisco -- 11. Chinese odyssey: Mighty sick of the Pacific -- 12. Magic carpet: Now he's waiting for me -- Epilogue: You may never know -- Apendixes: A. USS Tate (AKA-70) Organization ; B. Josephine goes to sea on the USS Tate ; C. Index of World War II Attack Cargo Ships (AKA). |
| Original Identifier: | ocm68221161 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-58544-556-1 1-58544-556-8 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.010240704.5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
Full Text Finder | ردمك: | 9781585445561 1585445568 |
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