About this title: From the time when he joined the US destroyer "Howorth" during the Pacific War in April 1944 until his death a year later in a kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Yeoman Second Class Orvill Raines wrote a series of letters to his young bride. Due to Raines's special relationship with the officer responsible for censoring, the correspondence was uncensored, and for this book the letters have been edited and set in their historical context. The letters reflect the horrific experiences of the thousands of American sailors involved in the fight against the Japanese, and conclude with Raines's final ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westview Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780813319506ISBN:0813319501
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. wear at top of dj spine, some top page edge and for edge spotting. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 307 p. History & Warfare (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Gfit notation. Otherwise clean, tight. The letters of a World War II Yeoman Second Class in the Pacific War, from his assignment to the destroyer Howorth in April 1944, until his death in a kamikaze attack off Okinawa one year later. Raines had been a newspaperman prior to the war and his letters to his bride are "perceptive, uncensored correspondence", portraying in reality what it was like on a U.S. in the Pacific arena. 307pp, read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westview Press, Boulder, CO
Date Published: 1994
Description: B/W Photos & Maps. VG+/Fine. W/Dust Jacket 282pp(Biblio) Ink date on front endpaper, o.w. clean, tight & bright. DJ not torn etc. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westview Press, USA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780813319506ISBN:0813319501
Description: As New in Near Fine jacket. 8vo. Letters from a sailor enlisted in the US navy to his wife offering a valuable, fascinating and ultimately tragic view of life at sea. As new, unread copy in jacket which shows signs of slightest shelfwear. 307 pages. Next post UK dispatch. read more
Description: Very Good + in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Copy has slight shelf wear, dj has rubbing, These letters are a tribute to the genuine heroism of the millions of ordinary men who served their country in WWII and a fitting rememberance of the squandered potential and tragic sacrifice made by hundreds of thousands of Americans in a war of unparalleled ferocity. Illustrated with b/w photos. xv/307pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780813319506ISBN:0813319501
Description: New in New jacket. The letters of a World War II Yeoman Second Class in the Pacific War, from his assignment to the destroyer Howorth in April 1944, until his death in a kamikaze attack off Okinawa one year later. Raines had been a newspaperman prior to the war and his letters to his bride are "perceptive, uncensored correspondence", portraying in reality what it was like on a U.S. in the Pacific arena. Two photo sections and map. Westview Archives stamp on front end page. read more
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