Ready on the right
Subtitle: a true story of a naturalist-seabee on the islands of Kodiak, Unalaska, Adak, Tanaga, Oahu, Eniwetok, Guam, MogMog (Ulithi) and Okinawa.
By: By Ralph J. Donahue ...
Publisher: Smith printing company
Published: 1946
Place of publication: Kansas City [Kan.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: United States. Navy. Seabees.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Registers.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Registers.
Notes: Map on lining-papers.
Table of contents: title: INDEX; title: READY ON THE RIGHT; title: Page; title: Chapter 1— Birth of the "Bees" 11; title: Chapter 2 — Twice in My Generation 15; title: Chapter 3 — Kodiak: Isle of Snow and Flowers 25; title: Chapter 4 — Island Routine 37; title: Chapter 5 — We Become "Yale Men" 47; title: Chapter 6 — Tanaga: Our Main Objective 63; title: Chapter 7 — Archaeological Seabees 79; title: Chapter 8 — Adak— Seattle — Frisco 93; title: Chapter 9 — By and Large 111; title: Chapter 10 — "The Bee Hive" 117; title: Chapter 11 — Down to the Sea Again 125; title: Chapter 12 — Mog-Mog Interlude 139; title: Chapter 13— Okinawa! 147; title: Chapter 14 — The Gimp Among die Pines 157; title: Chapter 15 — "Me No Jap! Me Okinawan!" 169; title: Chapter 16 — Of Bugs and Plants 177; title: Chapter 17 — Ready on the Left 185; title: Chapter 18 — Home for This Sailor 189; title: Muster list by States of the 45th Battalion 195; title: Muster list of the 27th Battalion (2nd Tour) 206