Some Must Die A Marine Correspondent On Okinawa

Author : James S. Nutter, PFC, USMCCR
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780359061495

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Some Must Die: A Marine Correspondent On Okinawa by James S. Nutter, PFC, USMCCR Pdf

Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir. After boot camp at the Marine Corps Air Station, El Centro, Calif., Nutter was assigned to the intelligence section of HQ Squadron, 2nd Marine Air Wing, MAG 43, tasked to join the invasion force of Okinawa. He was issued a typewriter and assigned various report writing duties. Before long his experience, his age and his lighthearted, infectious personality, won him increased freedom and access to the stories unfolding around him. His account of the battles fought to secure Okinawa is often grim, but always with an eye for the determination and spirit that animated these citizen warriors, lifting them to the acts of sacrifice and heroism that fill these pages-the raw stuff of America's victory over Japan. Nutter Completed in 1945, Nutter was unable to find a publisher and died in 1950, and for some 70 years the manuscript sat, a time capsule preserving the stories of the men he got to know. Nothing has been changed.

Author : James S. Nutter
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1576385736

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Some Must Die by James S. Nutter Pdf

Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series First Edition 2017 Some Must Die stresses the reality faced by the men gathered from every region of the United States and every walk of life, to become the fighting men in the final months of World War II. James (Jim) Nutter was 34 years old when he joined the Marines in October of 1944. When the announcement came that men of his age were about to be "called up"-drafted-he chose to enlist in the Marine Corps rather than be conscripted into the Army. He and a few others were at first turned away, being told that their age group was no longer needed. But the fever of patriotism was strong, and these men insisted as a group to be taken. And so he left for the war, leaving behind his wife, two children, and his job as Publicity Manager for United Airlines in Seattle. For many years Jim had been a Speed Graphics camera-carrying news man, and a writer for the Associated Press. Now he was immersed in the greatest story of all. After boot camp at the Marine Corps Air Station, El Centro, California, PFC Jim Nutter was assigned to the intelligence section of Headquarters Squadron of the Second Marine Air Wing, Marine Aircraft Group 43 (MAG 43), now tasked to join the invasion force of Okinawa. He was issued a typewriter, and a field desk, and assigned various report writing duties. Before long his experience, his age (many ranking superiors were younger), and his lighthearted, infectious personality, won him increased freedom and access to the stories unfolding around him. His account of the battles fought to secure the Island of Okinawa is often grim, but always with an eye for the determination and spirit that animated these citizen warriors, lifting them to the acts of sacrifice and heroism that fill these pages-the raw stuff of America's victory over Japan. Jim Nutter completed Some Must Die in 1945 but could not find a publisher. He died in 1950, and for some 70 years the manuscript sat on various shelves, shuffled through many moves, a time capsule preserving the stories of the men he got to know. It is a testament to the valor, the sensibilities, and quite a lot of the innocence-even prejudice-of that era. Nothing has been changed.

Author : Laura Homan Lacey
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597974585

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Stay Off The Skyline by Laura Homan Lacey Pdf

The Sixth Marine Division holds a unique place in U.S. Marine Corps history, because it was retired after one great battle. The division was formed on Guadalcanal in September 1944, its ranks filled with battle-hardened veterans and untested replacement troops. The Sixth Division fought its only action on the island of Okinawa from April to June 1945 but entered the fight with more combat experience overall than any other Marine division in its initial battle. It disappointed no one. The Okinawa campaign involved eight Army and Marine divisions, but the Sixth captured most of the ground in some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Weeks later, atomic attacks on two Japanese cities in early August 1945 swiftly ended the war. Before Hiroshima there was Okinawa. Because of Okinawa, in considerable part there was Hiroshima, wrote one reporter. With the invasion of Japan canceled, the Sixth Division went to China on occupation duty and, on 1 April 1946, was reorganized out of existence. As it was created overseas, so was it disbanded. This book tells the story of these Marines in their own words. Historian Laura Lacey - a Marine family member who has lived on Okinawa -sympathetically portrays the men who in 1945 fought a tremendous battle that she contends has not received its full share of attention from historians. Lacey considers the gritty details of close quarters combat and considers the myriad physical and psychological wounds that war wreaks. With Marines now engaged in a tough fight in Iraq, Laceyas book reminds us that whether or not a war is popular, war is indeed hell."

Author : Ernie Pyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983074977

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Last Chapter by Ernie Pyle Pdf

The Battle of Okinawa was the very last pitched battle of the Second World War, and it was here, at Ie Shima, that our greatest war correspondent, Ernie Pyle, tragically lost his life. After covering the war from the British home front to North Africa, Italy, and France, he left the European Theater to go to the Pacific to cover what would be the last few months of conflict with the Japanese forces. Instead of recounting the discussions and activities of generals or the movements of armies, Pyle captured the daily lives of the common soldier and showed the public how their brothers, fathers and sons were experiencing the war. Rather than covering the war from safety, he threw himself into the heat of battle so that he could fully understand and record what the fighting men were going through. Last Chapter is a collection of his last articles that he wrote while witnessing the conflict in the Pacific. During his time in the Far East he spent time in the occupied Marianas, with pilots and aircrew of B-29's as they flew in missions over the Japanese mainland, with sailors in the hundreds of boats that were swarming the Pacific Ocean, and with marines as they were preparing for the assault of Okinawa. "No man in this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told", wrote Harry Truman. "He deserves the gratitude of all his countrymen." "These pages will of course have a commemorative value, mark an end to one of the best known, best loved figures of the war." Kirkus Reviews Ernie Pyle was the most celebrated war correspondent of World War Two. His work ran in one-hundred and forty-four papers and reached an audience of forty million Americans. His brilliant portrayal of the everyday fighting man in World War Two won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1944. Last Chapter was first published in 1946 after Pyle had been killed at Ie Shima on 18th April, 1945.

Author : Joseph H. Alexander
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Okinawa Island (Japan)
ISBN : 9780788135286

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The Final Campaign by Joseph H. Alexander Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1076 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UCR:31210010798898

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Yank by Anonim Pdf

Author : Linda M. Canup Keaton-Lima
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643364872

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War Is Not Just for Heroes by Linda M. Canup Keaton-Lima Pdf

Firsthand accounts of war in the Pacific theater from a premier chronicler of the real world of World War II combat. War Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of US Marine Corps. Written by one marine, Claude R. "Red" Canup, a combat correspondent in the Pacific during World War II, these dispatches and private letters provide insight into the grind of war and ordinary men and women who carried out their duty. Thoughtfully edited and contextualized by a preface and prologue by his daughter, War Is Not Just for Heroes combines documentary and biography to provide the human dimensions of those in combat and those who reported out.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011922098

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The Marine Corps Gazette by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hal M. Friedman
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813176574

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War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941-1972 by Hal M. Friedman Pdf

Before 1940, the Japanese empire stood as the greatest single threat to the American presence in the Pacific and East Asia. To a lesser degree, the formerly hegemonic colonial powers of Britain, France, and the Netherlands still controlled portions of the region. At the same time, subjugated peoples in East Asia and Southeast Asia struggled to throw off colonialism. By the late 1930s, the competition exploded into armed conflict. Japan looked like the early victor, but the United States eventually established itself as the hegemonic power in the Pacific Basin by 1945. Yet when it comes to the American movement out into the Pacific, there is more to the story that has yet to be revealed. In War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941–1972, editor Hal Friedman brings together nine essays that explore lesser known aspects and consequences of America's military expansion into the Pacific during and after World War II. This study explores how the United States won the Pacific War against Japan and how it sought to secure that victory in the decades that followed, ensure it never endured another Pearl Harbor–style defeat, and saw the Pacific fulfill a Manifest Destiny–like role as an American frontier projected toward East Asia. The collection explores the role of the US military in the Pacific Basin in different ways by presenting essays on interservice rivalry and military advising as well as unique topics that are new to military history, such as the investigations of strategic communications, military public relations, institutional cultures of elite forces, foodways, and the military's interaction with the press. Together, these essays provide a path for historians to pursue groundbreaking areas of research about the Pacific and establish the Pacific War as the pivotal point in the twentieth century in the Pacific Basin.

Author : Bernard C. Nalty,John C. Chapin,Joseph H. Alexander,Charles D. Melson,Richard Harwood,Gordon D. Gayle,Cyril J. O'Brien,J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Miller,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547774600

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United States Marines in World War II by Bernard C. Nalty,John C. Chapin,Joseph H. Alexander,Charles D. Melson,Richard Harwood,Gordon D. Gayle,Cyril J. O'Brien,J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Miller,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center Pdf

"United States Marines in World War II" is a thoroughly written history of Marines' military campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Marines played a central role in the Pacific War, along with the U.S. Army. The battles of Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. By the end of the war, the Corps expanded from two brigades to six divisions, five air wings and supporting troops, totaling about 485,000 Marines. In addition, 20 defense battalions and a parachute battalion were raised. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II, and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. Contents: Origin of the Marine Corps The Marine Corps on the Eve of War Marines Defending American Soil Pearl Harbor Battle of Wake Island Marines Campaign in Europe and Africa Europe and North Africa Defense of Iceland Marines Campaign in the Pacific Rim Defense of the Philippines Solomon Islands Campaign Guadalcanal Campaign Marshall Islands Campaign Battle of Tarawa Battle of Cape Gloucester Battle of Saipan Battle of Guam Battle of Peleliu Battle of Tinian Liberation of the Philippines Marines Campaign in Japan Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa Occupation of Japan

Author : G. Kurt Piehler,Ingo Trauschweizer
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531503116

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Reporting World War II by G. Kurt Piehler,Ingo Trauschweizer Pdf

This set of essays offers new insights into the journalistic process and the pressures American front-line reporters experienced covering World War II. Transmitting stories through cable or couriers remained expensive and often required the cooperation of foreign governments and the American armed forces. Initially, reporters from a neutral America documented the early victories by Nazi Germany and the Soviet invasion of Finland. Not all journalists strove for objectivity. During her time reporting from Ireland, Helen Kirkpatrick remained a fierce critic of that country’s neutrality. Once the United States joined the fight after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, American journalists supported the struggle against the Axis powers, but this volume will show that reporters, even when members of the army sponsored newspaper, Stars and Stripes were not mere ciphers of the official line. African American reporters Roi Ottley and Ollie Stewart worked to bolster the morale of Black GIs and undermined the institutional racism endemic to the American war effort. Women front-line reporters are given their due in this volume examining the struggles to overcome gender bias by describing triumphs of Thérèse Mabel Bonney, Iris Carpenter, Lee Carson, and Anne Stringer. The line between public relations and journalism could be a fine one as reflected by the U.S. Marine Corps’ creating its own network of Marine correspondents who reported on the Pacific island campaigns and had their work published by American media outlets. Despite the pressures of censorship, the best American reporters strove for accuracy in reporting the facts even when dependent on official communiqués issued by the military. Many wartime reporters, even when covering major turning points, sought to embrace a reporting style that recorded the experiences of average soldiers. Often associated with Ernie Pyle and Bill Mauldin, the embrace of the human-interest story served as one of the enduring legacies of the conflict. Despite the importance of American war reporting in shaping perceptions of the war on the home front as well as shaping the historical narrative of the conflict, this work underscores how there is more to learn. Readers will gain from this work a new appreciation of the contribution of American journalists in writing the first version of history of the global struggle against Nazi Germany, imperial Japan, and fascist Italy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89096022777

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The Leatherneck by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253029935

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Dispatches from the Pacific by Ray E. Boomhower Pdf

In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa Atoll with the US Marine Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod chronicled combat and the marines’ day-to-day struggles as they leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese on Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. While the marines courageously and doggedly confronted an enemy that at times seemed invincible, those left behind on the American home front desperately scanned Sherrod’s columns for news of their loved ones. Following his death in 1994, the Washington Post heralded Sherrod’s reporting as "some of the most vivid accounts of men at war ever produced by an American journalist." Now, for the first time, author Ray E. Boomhower tells the story of the journalist in Dispatches from the Pacific: The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod, an intimate account of the war efforts on the Pacific front.

Author : R. E. Appleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:1344451548

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Okinawa by R. E. Appleman Pdf

Author : Peter Quennell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:39015061659697

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History Today by Peter Quennell Pdf