Название: Building for War: The Epic Saga of the Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II
Автор: Bonita Gilbert
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 1612001297
Год: 2012
Формат: MOBI
Страниц: 400
Размер: 4,3 МБ
Язык: Английский
This intimately researched work tells the story of the thousand-plus Depression-era civilian contractors who came to Wake Island, a remote Pacific atoll, 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 gather over the Pacific.
Five hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese struck Wake Island, which was now isolated from assistance. The undermanned Marine Corps garrison, augmented by civilian-contractor volunteers, fought back against repeated enemy attacks, at one point thwarting a massive landing assault.