A guide to the literature surrounding American amphibious operations during WWII. Brief annotations. Subject arrangement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, I

On 27 October 1942, four 'Long Lance' torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo exploded in the hull of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (C

Recounts U.S. amphibious operations in the central Pacific, on islands like Eniwetok, Kwajalein, and Saipan, and the friction between leaders of the Pacific fle