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MAGNIFICENT FIGHT

The Battle for Wake Island

by Robert J. Cressman

ISBN/SKU: 9781557501400
Binding: Hardcover
Era: World War II
Number of Pages: 344
Subject: U.S. Navy
Date Available: March 1995

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This book recounts how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll. The author uses extensive Japanese materials--many never before used or available-- to identify the enemy order of battle and the roles each unit played in the drama.

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Robert J. Cressman

Robert J. Cressman is an award-winning author who is a leading expert on the War in the Pacific. He is the author of The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He lives in Rockville, MD.