Bibliograph

From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay, the memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945, edited by Jonathan Templin Ritter

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From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay, the memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945, edited by Jonathan Templin Ritter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-173) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1108787818

Responsibility statement

edited by Jonathan Templin Ritter

Series statement

North Texas military biography and memoir series, number 17

Sub title

the memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945

Summary

"This is the memoir of J. R. Ritter (1902-1994), a civil engineer from Texas who became a U.S. Navy Seabee officer during World War II. The formal name of the Seabees is "U.S. Naval Construction Battalions" and they were responsible for building airstrips, barracks, and other infrastructure for the troops. Ritter was first stationed in Alaska when Japan was thought to be planning an invasion through the Aleutians, then in the Central Pacific, mainly on Tinian Island. He was on Tinian when the war ended"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Chronology of the War Years (1941-1946) -- Introduction / by Jonathan Ritter -- Prologue: December 7, 1941 -- 1942: Texas to the Aleutians: Training for the Seabees -- 1943: Still in the Aleutians -- 1943: Back to the States -- 1943-1944: Shore Leave -- Gallery of Maps and Illustrations -- 1944: The Central Pacific: Kwajalein and Bigej -- 1944: The Central Pacific: Tinian -- 1945: The Beginning of the End -- 1945: The End of the Pacific War -- Epilogue: November 18, 1945 -- Conclusion (1945-1994) / by Jonathan Ritter

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