Line of Departure
Subtitle: Tarawa
By: Maps drawn by Rafael Palacios.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [193]-194.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Preparation.; title: Genesis of Galvanic; title: K Room; title: Oonuki; title: Problem : the reef; title: Correspondent Sherrod; title: Good-by to Wellington; title: Shoup's new assignment; title: The Corps; title: The final leg; title: The approach; title: Part 2 : Invasion.; title: D-Day; title: Hawkins and company; title: Into the storm; title: The landings : Red 1 at 9:13; title: The landings : Red 3 at 9:17; title: The landings : Red 2 at 9:22; title: "We have nothing left to land"; title: Shoup's trek; title: "Issue in doubt"; title: Oonuki's ordeal begins; title: The toehold at sundown; title: Part 3 : Breaking the stalemate.; title: The story at Makin; title: Betio : the first night; title: 1/8 : into the storm; title: The turning point; title: The brave and the not-so-brave; title: Part 4 : The victory.; title: "We are winning"; title: Makin again; title: Betio : overrunning the enemy headquarters; title: Counterattack : prelude; title: Counterattack : the last gasp; title: Is it over?; title: The corpses; title: Oonuki's ordeal ends; title: Island of the moon; title: The generals inspect; title: Lost at sea; title: The wrap-up; title: Afterword