WAR IN THE PACIFIC

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Volume IV Contents:

Preface.........vii
Acknowledgements.......viii
List of Illustrationsx
1. The Chaplains in WW II......1
2. The Chaplains on Guadalcanal....23
3. The First Sinking of a Japanese Warship.......35
4. WW II Paddle Wheel Aircraft Carriers49
5. Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr.....61
6. The Asiatic Fleet........65
7. The American, British, Dutch. and Australian Fleet73
8. The Fall of the Dutch East Indies: March 1942.....85
9. The Fall of the Dutch East Indies: Aug. 1945-Dec. 1949.........91
10. Japanese Raid on Darwin and Broome, Australia.........95
11. The Attack on Sydney Harbor: May 31, 1942.......99
12. The New Guinea Campaign: Milne Bay....105
13. The New Guinea Campaign: Buna, Gona and Sanananda...111
14. The New Guinea Campaign: Wau, Lae, Nadzab, and the Admiralty Islands.129
15. The New Guinea Campaign: Hollandia and Aitape....143
16. The Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility ........153
17. Naval Base Construction in the Pacific .....167
18. Base Construction at Kaneohe and Midway.......189
19. Carlson’s Raiders: The Raid on Makin.......201
20. The Battle of Brisbane...221
21. HMTS Rohna...225
22. Disaster at West Loch: May 21, 1944231
23. The Port Chicago Mutiny: July 17, 1944....239
24. John H. Willis: Medal of Honor: February 28, 1945...231
25. Battle of Manchuria: August 9, 1945257
26. Retreat From China.........259
27. Compensation/Reparation “Paying the Price of Peace”......265
28. Treason271
29. Thailand and World War II .....275
30. Espionage.....281
Notes 289
Bibliography........297
Index 303