Bridge to the sun : the secret role of the Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II
Title:
Bridge to the sun : the secret role of the Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II
Author:
ISBN:
9780525655817
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xxii, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Prologue: Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 -- The type of soldier we want -- "Harm them ... harm me" -- "Where is Pearl Harbor?" -- Executive Order 9066 -- Rope in the open sea -- Camp Savage -- Solomons Islands -- North to Alaska -- The cousins -- A hazardous mission -- Merrill's Marauders -- Myitkyina -- The Admiralties -- Sulphur Island -- The last invasion -- China -- Return to Japan -- Okinawa, Spring 1995 -- Dramatis personae -- Afterword / by Gerald Yamada.
General Note:
"A Borzoi book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The true story of the Japanese American soldiers who helped fight the war in the Pacific in World War II"--
