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WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater

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Published Material

United States Army in World War II Reader's Guide

The Admiralties: Operations of the 1st Cavalry Division (29 February-18 May 1944)

The Capture of Makin (20-24 November 1943)

The Fall of the Philippines

Guadalcanal: The First Offensive

Guam: Operations of the 77th Division (21 July-10 August 1944)

Merrill's Marauders (February-May 1944)

Okinawa: The Last Battle

Papuan Campaign: The Buna-Sanananda Operation (16 November 1942-23 January 1943)

Reports of General MacArthur

World War II: The War against Japan
(an extract from American Military History, Volume 2 - revised 2005)

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Aleutians Islands

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Bismark Archipelago

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Burma, 1942

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Central Burma

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Central Pacific

WWII CAMPAIGNS: China Defensive

WWII CAMPAIGNS: China Offensive

WWII CAMPAIGNS: East Indies

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Eastern Mandates

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Guadalcanal

WWII CAMPAIGNS: India-Burma

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Leyte

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Luzon

WWII CAMPAIGNS: New Guinea

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Northern Solomons

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Papua

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Philippine Islands

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Ryukyus

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Southern Philippines

WWII CAMPAIGNS: Western Pacific


Archival Material

Army Amphibian Tractor and Tank Battalions in the Battle of Saipan 15 June-9 July 1944

Chapter 18, Base at Lae Until March 1944
History of USASOS (United States Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific) and AFWESPAC (Army Forces Western Pacific) 1941-30 Jun 1946

Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. Army


Archival Material

Army Amphibian Tractor and Tank Battalions in the Battle of Saipan 15 June-9 July 1944

Chapter 18, Base at Lae Until March 1944
History of USASOS (United States Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific) and AFWESPAC (Army Forces Western Pacific) 1941-30 Jun 1946



Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. Army