Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945: The Secret Diary of an American Soldier
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.\ \ \ Through the long naval...
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Fahey was a 24-year-old garbage-truck driver when he enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 3, 1942, and became a seaman first class on the USS Montpelier. During almost three years of battle in the Pacific Ocean, he defied Navy rules against keeping a diary by writing copious notes on loose sheets of paper that appeared to anyone watching to be ordinary letters home. His diary—originally published in 1963 and revived in this paper edition—gives a sailor's-eye view of the events, the officers, and the travails of a war much more often described by statesmen, generals, and historians. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
\ \ \ Foreword\ \ \ \ Pt. I\ The Solomons: October 1942 - May 1944\ 1\ \ \ Pt. II\ The Marianas: May 1944 - August 1944\ 139\ \ \ Pt. III\ U.S.A.: August 1944 - October 1944\ 203\ \ \ Pt. IV\ The Philippines - Mindoro, Luzon, Palawan: October 1944 - June 1945\ 215\ \ \ Pt. V\ Borneo: June 1945 - July 1945\ 323\ \ \ Pt. VI\ China and Japan: July 1945 - December 1945\ 353\ \
\ From the PublisherFahey conveys [what] thousands of his fellows have never managed to convey to wives or friends back home: this is what it was like.\ Time Magazine\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsReprint of the WWII diary of a sailor in the Pacific Theater. Originally published in 1963. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
