82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle /

Shaw, Art,

82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle / Eighty-two days on Okinawa Col. Art Shaw (Ret.) with Robert L. Wise. - First Harper large print edition. - ix, 427 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm -

"A riveting firsthand account of American heroism... Over eighty-two days, the Allies fought the Japanese army in a campaign that would claim more than 150,000 human lives. Filled with extraordinary new details, Shaw's gripping account gives lasting testimony to the courage and bravery displayed by so many on the hill of Okinawa."--Page 4 of cover.

9780062978875 006297887X


Shaw, Art.


United States. Army. Infantry Division, 96th --History.


World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.


Okinawa Island (Japan)--History, Military.


Large type books.

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