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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100062907441
ISBN-139780062907448
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Book Title82 Days on Okinawa : One American's Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest Battle
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Military
Publication Year2020
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRobert L. Wise, Art Shaw
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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ReviewsA comprehensive and action-packed memoir of the Battle of Okinawa...This dual perspective gives the book a wide-angled view that's unusual in a soldier's battle memoir...a satisfying presentation of the bloodiest battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.54252294
Synopsis75 years ago, Art Shaw (1920-2020) was the first American officer ashore Okinawa. It's taken him a lifetime to speak about the 82 days that followed. Colonel Shaw's riveting firsthand account of American heroism delivers an unprecedented soldier's-eye view of the Pacific War's bloodiest battle. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The men were there to launch the largest amphibious assault on the Pacific Theater. War planners expected an 80 percent casualty rate. The first American officer ashore was then-Major Art Shaw, a unit commander in the U.S. Army's 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three months, Shaw and his men served near the front lines of the Pacific's costliest battle, their artillery proving decisive against a phantom enemy who had entrenched itself in the rugged, craggy island. Over eighty-two days, the Allies fought the Japanese army in a campaign that would claim more than 150,000 human lives. When the final calculations were made, the Deadeyes were estimated to have killed 37,763 of the enemy. The 361st Field Artillery Battalion had played a crucial role in the victory. The campaign would be the last major battle of World War II and a key pivot point leading to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to the Japanese surrender in August, two months after the siege's end. Filled with extraordinary details, Shaw's gripping account gives lasting testimony to the courage and bravery displayed by so many on the hills of Okinawa., "A gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw's voice as if he were sitting beside you." --Wall Street Journal An unforgettable soldier's-eye view of the Pacific War's bloodiest battle, by the first American officer ashore Okinawa. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The men were there to launch the largest amphibious assault on the Pacific Theater. War planners expected an 80 percent casualty rate. The first American officer ashore was then-Major Art Shaw (1920-2020), a unit commander in the U.S. Army's 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three months, Shaw and his men served near the front lines of the Pacific's costliest battle, their artillery proving decisive against a phantom enemy who had entrenched itself in the rugged, craggy island. Over eighty-two days, the Allies fought the Japanese army in a campaign that would claim more than 150,000 human lives. When the final calculations were made, the Deadeyes were estimated to have killed 37,763 of the enemy. The 361st Field Artillery Battalion had played a crucial role in the victory. The campaign would be the last major battle of World War II and a key pivot point leading to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to the Japanese surrender in August, two months after the siege's end. Filled with extraordinary details, Shaw's gripping account gives lasting testimony to the courage and bravery displayed by so many on the hills of Okinawa., "A gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw's voice as if he were sitting beside you." -- Wall Street Journal An unforgettable soldier's-eye view of the Pacific War's bloodiest battle, by the first American officer ashore Okinawa. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The men were there to launch the largest amphib-ious assault on the Pacific Theater. War planners expected an 80 percent casualty rate. The first American officer ashore was then-Major Art Shaw (1920-2020), a unit commander in the U.S. Army's 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three months, Shaw and his men served near the front lines of the Pacific's costliest battle, their artillery proving decisive against a phantom enemy who had entrenched itself in the rugged, craggy island. Over eighty-two days, the Allies fought the Japanese army in a campaign that would claim more than 150,000 human lives. When the final calculations were made, the Deadeyes were estimated to have killed 37,763 of the enemy. The 361st Field Artillery Battalion had played a crucial role in the victory. The campaign would be the last major battle of World War II and a key pivot point leading to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to the Japanese surrender in August, two months after the siege's end. Filled with extraordinary details, Shaw's gripping account gives lasting testimony to the courage and bravery displayed by so many on the hills of Okinawa., 75 years ago, he was the first officer ashore Okinawa. It's taken him a lifetime to speak about the 82 days that followed. A riveting firsthand account of American heroism, Colonel Art Shaw's 82 Days on Okinawa delivers an unprecedented soldier's-eye view of the Pacific War's "bloodiest battle of all" ( New York Times )--the climactic final land battle of the Second World War and a campaign so brutal that it convinced leaders to unleash the atomic bomb. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The men were there to launch the largest amphib-ious assault on the Pacific Theater. War planners expected an 80 percent casualty rate. The first American officer ashore was then-Major Art Shaw, a unit commander in the U.S. Army's 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three months, Shaw and his men served near the front lines of the Pacific's costliest battle, their artillery proving decisive against a phantom enemy who had entrenched itself in the rugged, craggy island. Over eighty-two days, the Allies fought the Japanese army in a campaign that would claim more than 150,000 human lives. When the final calculations were made, the Deadeyes were estimated to have killed 37,763 of the enemy. The 361st Field Artillery Battalion had played a crucial role in the victory. The campaign would be the last major battle of World War II and a key pivot point leading to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to the Japanese surrender in August, two months after the siege's end. Filled with extraordinary details, Shaw's gripping account gives lasting testimony to the courage and bravery displayed by so many on the hills of Okinawa.
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- 19. Okt. 2020
VERY POORLY WRITTEN
The writing was about the level of a high school freshman. The incessant use of full names of participants had me thinking the author was trying to get the families of everyone mentioned to buy the book. Could have been a really good read, but it wasn't.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Mai. 2022
The title is accurate to the contents within.
Although this is not a book written from a first hand account, author and participant of the conflict, it still conveys the oral account of the actual soldier. (The soldier whom the book portrays was in his 90s when he gave an oral account of his time in Okinawa).Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 07. Dez. 2021
Wonderful First Person Memoir
My father was also in the battle of Okinawa as a young Marine of 20 years old. This is a very special remembrance of that time by someone who actually lived through and survived it. I bought two copies, and gave the second to my Dad’s first cousin, also a Marine Corps Okinawa survivor, who recently passed away at the age of 96.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 28. Apr. 2021
Day by day encounters with the enemy as the Japs make a last stand before the potential invasion of their homeland.
Plenty of action.....almost non stop through the entire book. Really gain a great understanding of what our brave GI's experienced day by day at the hands of a non relenting enemy. That being said ...... the book is not well written. It is almost juvenile in its approach to most of the action. It is still well worth reading but just do not expect a Pulitizer Prize winner.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
