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Author Gilbert, Bonita L. (Bonita Lee)
Title Building for war : the epic saga of the civilian contractors and marines of Wake Island in World War II / Bonita Gilbert
Publish Info Havertown, Pa ; Oxford : Casemate, 2012

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Miami U King Library (2nd floor) D767.99.W3 G553 2012 AVAILABLE
U of Cincinnati CLER Stacks D767.99.W3 G553 2012 AVAILABLE

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Description xix, 364 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-352) and index
Contents Part 1. Plans and preparations: One big ocean ; Opportunity knocks ; Honolulu hotbed ; Pioneer party -- Part 2. Building the Base: Second gear ; High center ; Baiting the hook ; Rush hour -- Part 3. War: Shattered illusions ; Shock waves ; Fear itself ; Hope ; Attention -- Appendix 1. Postwar Wake Island -- Appendix 2. The civilian contractors
Subjects Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Air bases, American -- Design and construction
Contractors -- Pacific
United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
Dewey No 940.542665 23
OCLC # 806494118
Isn/Std # GBB280086 bnb
ISBN 9781612001296 (hbk.)
1612001297 (hbk.)
Isn/Std # (OCoLC)806494118

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