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Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished WWII Japan

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundEdition: UnabridgedDescription: 8 audio discs (9 hr., 31 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9781427275868
  • 1427275866
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.54/260973 23
LOC classification:
  • D767 .O74 2016ab
Read by Robert Petkoff.Summary: Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
AUD CD AUD CD Chamberlin Free Public Library Audio CD AUD CD O'RE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000544423

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Read by Robert Petkoff.

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan.

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