Fighting for MacArthur : the Navy and Marine Corps' desperate defense of the Philippines
Record details
- ISBN: 6613788457
- ISBN: 9786613788450
- ISBN: 9781281607744
- ISBN: 1281607746
- ISBN: 9781612510576
- ISBN: 9781612510576
- ISBN: 1612510574
- ISBN: 1612510620
- ISBN: 9781612510620
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 370 pages)
remote - Publisher: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The Navy and Marine Corps in the Philippines -- The final days of peace -- War begins -- The bombing of the Cavite Navy Yard -- Waiting for the main attack -- The retreat to Bataan and Corregidor -- Settling in for the siege -- Longoskawayan Point -- Defeating the first Japanese offensive -- The lull -- The fall of Bataan -- State of the beach defenses -- The artillery duel -- The final bombardment -- The battle for Corregidor -- Surrender -- Reflections -- Appendix A. Asiatic fleet, 7 December 1941 -- Appendix B.U.S. Navy personnel, 1 December 1941 -- Appendix C. Japanese artillery units available for bombardment of Corregidor. |
Language Note: | English. |
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