“WAKE ISLAND” By Brigadier General James P.S. Devereux, USMC (Ret.). On the same day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) they began a savage assault on tiny Wake Island. For 14 bloody days, a small, ill-equipped contingent of Marines battled against overwhelming odds. Major Devereux was the Commanding officer on this remote Pacific island and tells a gripping story of the battle and American bravery. This is the ultimate book written about Wake––Devereux’s eyewitness account is spell-bounding, one you will never forget. The author goes on to tell of his time as a Japanese POW and eventually his joyous home-coming at the end of the war. Originally written in 1947, this is a Major Books Paperback edition. 275 pages, several historic black and white photos, with maps. An extensive 9-page appendix listing all of those who were on the island during the attacks.
Good Cond. $9.99
Other books of interest:
A Battle History Of The Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945)
History Of U.S. Naval Operations In World War II – Volume III
Infamy, Pearl Harbor and it’s Aftermath
Wake Island – By James P.S. Devereux
Wake Island – By Duane Schultz
