Into the rising sun
Subtitle: in their own words, World War II's Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell.
Contributors: O'Donnell, Patrick K., 1969-
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: United States. Army -- Parachute troops -- History -- 20th century.; United States. Marine Corps -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.; Oral history.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Biography.
Description: "Patrick O'Donnell has made a career of covering the hidden history of World War II by tracking down and interviewing its most elite troops: the Rangers, Airborne, Marines, and First Special Service Force, forerunners to America's Special Forces. These men saw the worst of the war's action, and most of them have been reluctant to talk about it. With O'Donnell's respectful coaxing, however, they first began telling their stories through www.thedropzone.org, his award-winning Web site.

In 2001, veterans of the European Theater told their stories in O'Donnell's first book, Beyond Valor. Now, in Into the Rising Sun, O'Donnell presents scores of veterans' personal accounts, based on over a thousand interviews spanning the past ten years, to tell a story of the brutal Pacific war."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1; title: OVERVIEW * The Elite Infantry of the Pacific 9; title: CHAPTER ONE * Operation Shoestring 17; title: CHAPTER TWO * Starvation Island: Guadalcanal 37; title: CHAPTER THREE * Up the Solomons: Strangling Rabaul 63; title: CHAPTER FOUR * Burma: Merrill's Marauders 89; title: CHAPTER FIVE * New Guinea 119; title: CHAPTER SIX * Into the Marianas 133; title: CHAPTER SEVEN * Leyte: The Return to the Philippines 149; title: CHAPTER EIGHT * Luzon 175; title: CHAPTER NINE * Clearing the Philippines: Corregidor, Luzon, and Negros 193; title: CHAPTER TEN * Into the Jaws of Hell: Iwo Jima 221; title: CHAPTER ELEVEN * The Last Battle: Okinawa 257; title: CHAPTER TWELVE * Home 283.