Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945 : The Secret Diary of an American Soldier

by Fahey, James J.

• ISBN13: 9780618400805
• ISBN10: 061840080X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-15
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

Throughout the World War II campaign in the Pacific, an ordinary seaman defied navy regulations by surreptitiously compiling a diary on scraps of paper. One of the most extraordinary personal documents to emerge from the war, James J. Fahey's diary presents a vivid picture of an average sailor's daily life -- from the first battle to the typhoons and food shortages to the final desperate attacks by kamikaze pilots and Japanese suicide ships.

Author Biography

James J. Fahey (1918–1991) was a seaman first class on the USS Montpelier. He kept his secret diary from October 1942 to December 1945. He lived in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Mariner Books Edition	p. xi
Foreword to the First Edition	p. xvii
The Solomons: October 1942-May 1944	p. 1
The Marianas: May 1944-August 1944	p. 139
U.S.A.: August 1944-October 1944	p. 203
The Philippines--Mindoro, Luzon, Palawan: October 1944-June 1945	p. 215
Borneo: June 1945-July 1945	p. 323
China and Japan: July 1945-December 1945	p. 353
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