585 raids and counting
Subtitle: memoir of an American soldier in the Solomon Islands, 1942-1945
By: Alex Kunevicius
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780786464463
Subjects: Military life; Military History; United States. Army. Ordnance Company, 22nd; United States; American Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945; Soldiers; Ordnance and ordnance stores; United States. Army; Biography; History
Other titles: Five hundred eighty-five raids and counting
Description: "After Pearl Harbor Alex Kunevicius and his fellow technicians proved indispensible by keeping guns firing during the invasion of islands in the South Pacific. In this memoir, Kunevicius recounts his experiences as an ordnance man. His recollections offer a portrait of life behind the lines and reveal the enormous value of support positions to the war effort"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A letter from the president : Fort Knox, Kentucky; title: December 7, 1941 : trip to the sea; title: Australia; title: New Caledonia; title: St. Joseph's Cathedral; title: Company on the move; title: Guadalcanal; title: Lieutenant Ben Rabin and men arrive; title: Christmas Day; title: A hand grenade that flies; title: Company split up; title: Sasavele Island first, then New Georgia; title: Kolambangara; title: New Caledonia again; title: I see land.