Building for War
The Epic Saga of the Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II
The story of the Americans who came under attack five hours after Pearl Harbor was hit: Intriguing, informative, gripping, and at times very moving (Naval Historical Foundation). This intimately researched work tells the story of the thousand-plus Depression-era civilian contractors who came to Wake Island, a remote Pacific atoll, in 1941 to build an air station for the US Navy-charting the contractors' hard-won progress as they scramble to build the naval base, as well as runways for US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses, while war clouds gather over the Pacific. Five hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese struck Wake Is…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61200-141-8
- EAN: 9781612001418
- Produktnummer: 33410292
- Verlag: Casemate Publishers (Ignition)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 14'058 KB
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