Bonita Gilbert

Building for War

The Epic Saga of the Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 400 Seiten
ISBN 1636244572
EAN 9781636244570
Veröffentlicht August 2024
Verlag/Hersteller Casemate
23,50 inkl. MwSt.
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Beschreibung

This intimately researched work tells the story of the thousand-plus civilian contractors who came to Wake Island in 1941 to build an air station for the U.S. Navy. Author Gilbert charts the contractors' hard-won progress as they scramble to build the naval base as well as runways for U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses while war clouds gath

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Bonita Gilbert has an MA in history from the University of Oregon and teaches history at North Idaho College. Bonnie and her husband live in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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