Buddies and Bravery in the South Pacific
Subtitle: A Soldier's Tale of World War Two
By: David C. Dumbeck ; edited by Sue (Dumbeck) Delaney
Contributors: Delaney, Sue Dumbeck
Publisher: Perham Printing
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Perham, Minnesota
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Dumbeck, David C., 1917-; United States. Army -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.; Oceania -- History, Military.
Genres: Nonfiction
First sentence: I was just a country boy who grew up on my dad's farm a few miles east of the little town of Frazee, Minnesota.
Description: As I and my buddies struggled to survive the battle from island to island in the South Pacific, I knew this was only one more chapter in my life, this struggle to defeat an enemy, and I would have a better life back home when this was accomplished. But more important than that was the thought that even though we were to destroy the enemy and were trained to do so, it was also our duty to save ourselves and our buddies in our struggle to survive. This is the true story of those struggles and those brave buddies in the South Pacific.
Notes: Available postage paid for $15 from David C. Dumbeck, c/0 Sue Delaney, 40686 County Road 60, Perham, Minnesota 56573
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 1
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label: 1; label: 2
pagenum: 7
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title: Called for Duty in the Armed Forces; label: 3
pagenum: 11
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title: New Caledonia; label: 4
pagenum: 14
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title: To Guadalcanal: On The John Penn; title: 1944: A Year on Bougainville
pagenum: 16
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label: 5; title: McCarthy Learns to Play Poker
pagenum: 20
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label: 6; label: 7
pagenum: 24
class: part
title: Bougainville Brew; title: Kitchen Duty
pagenum: 29
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label: 8; title: Moneybags is Back
pagenum: 34
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label: 9; title: We Swapped Stories on the Way to the Philippines
pagenum: 38
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label: 10; label: 11
pagenum: 45
class: part
title: Jap Planes Attack Our Ship Between Bougainville and Luzon; label: 12
pagenum: 48
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title: The Philippines At Last; label: 13
pagenum: 52
class: part
title: Sick Call; title: A Fortune in Firewater
pagenum: 58
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label: 14; label: 15
pagenum: 69
class: part
title: A Close Call; title: First Days of Freedom
pagenum: 73
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label: 16; label: 17
pagenum: 78
class: part
title: I Win Back My $93; label: 18
pagenum: 83
class: part
title: Thieves; label: 19
pagenum: 93
class: part
title: Mail Call; label: 20
pagenum: 118
class: part
title: The Way Home; title: The Story In Pictures
pagenum: 121-150
class: part
label: 21