Throughout the World War II campaign in the Pacific, an ordinary seaman defied navy regulations by surreptitiously compiling a diary on scraps of paper. One of the most extraordinary personal documents to emerge from the war, James J. Fahey's diary presents a vivid picture of an average sailor's daily life -- from the first battle to the typhoons and food shortages to the final desperate attacks by kamikaze pilots and Japanese suicide ships.
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Publisher : Mariner Books; Reprint edition (Sept. 15 2003)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 061840080X
ISBN-13 : 978-0618400805
Item weight : 431 g
Dimensions : 14.61 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm
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