82 Days on Okinawa, Paperback, Art Shaw

Name: 82 Days on Okinawa, Paperback, Art Shaw
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WmMorrowPB

Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\nA gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw\u2019s voice as if he were sitting beside you. \u2014Wall Street Journal\nAn unforgettable soldier\u2019s-eye view of the Pacific War\u2019s bloodiest battle, by the first American officer ashore Okinawa. \nOn 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.\nThe first American officer ashore was then-Major Art Shaw (1920-2020), a unit commander in the U.S. Army\u2019s 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three months, Shaw and his men serve.