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With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific: A Foot Soldier's Story
by Catanzaro, Francis B. | HC | Good
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- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 0253341426
- Book Title
- With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific : a Foot Soldier's Story
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Item Length
- 9.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253341426
ISBN-13
9780253341426
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2302905
Product Key Features
Book Title
With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific : a Foot Soldier's Story
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-006258
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
940.54/1273
Table Of Content
Basic Training: Camp Roberts Overseas: The Southwest Pacific Hollandia: The RECKLESS Task Force Biak: The HURRICANE Task Force A Welcome Respite Zamboanga: VICTOR IV Mindanao: VICTOR V Japan: The Army of Occupation The Long Journey Home
Synopsis
" W]e began our advance toward the Mokmer Airstrip.... The road climbed a ridge 15 or 20 feet high and we found ourselves on a flat coral plateau sparsely covered by small trees and scrub growth.... As we moved westward along the road, two of our destroyers were sailing abreast of the lead elements of the advancing column. The first indication of trouble was the roar of heavy artillery shells sailing over our heads... aimed at our destroyers.... Shortly after that our forward movement stopped, and we heard heavy firing from the head of the column.... As we waited, we began to hear heavy fire from the rear.... We were cut off and surrounded " In the enormous literature of the Second World War, there are surprisingly few accounts of fighting in the southwest Pacific, fewer still by common infantrymen. This memoir, written with a simple and direct honesty that is rare indeed, follows a foot soldier's career from basic training to mustering out. It takes the reader into the jungles and caves of New Guinea and the Philippines during the long campaign to win the war against Japan. From basic training at Camp Roberts through combat, occupation, and the long journey home, Francis Catanzaro's account tells of the excitement, misery, cruelty, and terror of combat, and of the uneasy boredom of jungle camp life. A member of the famed 41st Infantry Brigade, the "Jungleers," Catanzaro saw combat at Hollandia, Biak, Zamboanga, and Mindanao. He was a part of the Japanese occupation force and writes with feeling about living among his former enemies and of the decision to drop the atom bomb. With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific is a powerful, gritty, and moving narrative of the life of a soldier during some of the most difficult fighting of World War II., With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific is a powerful, gritty, and moving narrative of the life of a soldier during some of the most difficult fighting of World War II., "[W]e began our advance toward the Mokmer Airstrip. . . . The road climbed a ridge 15 or 20 feet high and we found ourselves on a flat coral plateau sparsely covered by small trees and scrub growth. . . . As we moved westward along the road, two of our destroyers were sailing abreast of the lead elements of the advancing column. The first indication of trouble was the roar of heavy artillery shells sailing over our heads . . . aimed at our destroyers. . . . Shortly after that our forward movement stopped, and we heard heavy firing from the head of the column. . . . As we waited, we began to hear heavy fire from the rear. . . . We were cut off and surrounded!" In the enormous literature of the Second World War, there are surprisingly few accounts of fighting in the southwest Pacific, fewer still by common infantrymen. This memoir, written with a simple and direct honesty that is rare indeed, follows a foot soldier's career from basic training to mustering out. It takes the reader into the jungles and caves of New Guinea and the Philippines during the long campaign to win the war against Japan. From basic training at Camp Roberts through combat, occupation, and the long journey home, Francis Catanzaro's account tells of the excitement, misery, cruelty, and terror of combat, and of the uneasy boredom of jungle camp life. A member of the famed 41st Infantry Brigade, the "Jungleers," Catanzaro saw combat at Hollandia, Biak, Zamboanga, and Mindanao. He was a part of the Japanese occupation force and writes with feeling about living among his former enemies and of the decision to drop the atom bomb. With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific is a powerful, gritty, and moving narrative of the life of a soldier during some of the most difficult fighting of World War II.
LC Classification Number
D811.C344A3 2002
Copyright Date
2002
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