Richard Tregaskis
Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam
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In the late summer of 1942, more than 10,000 members of the First Marine Division held a tenuous toehold on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. As American marines battled Japanese forces for control of the island, they were joined by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis. Only one of two civilian reporters to land and stay with the marines, Tregaskis’ notebook captured the daily and nightly terrors faced by American forces in one of World War II’s most legendary battles - and it served as the premise for his best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary.
One of the most distinguished combat reporters to cover World War II, Tregaskis later reported on Cold War conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. In 1964 the Overseas Press Club recognized his first-person reporting under hazardous circumstances by awarding him its George Polk Award for his book Vietnam Diary. Boomhower’s riveting book is the first to tell Tregaskis’ gripping life story, concentrating on his intrepid reporting experiences during World War II and his fascination with war and its effect on the men who fought it.
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Dead Reckoning
- The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor
- De: Dick Lehr
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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“AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NOT DRILL.” At 7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Center frantically typed what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history as the Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on the American navy stationed in Hawaii. In a little over two hours, the Japanese killed more than 2,400 Americans and propelled the US’s entry into World War II. Dead Reckoning is the story of the mission to avenge that devastating strike.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Half Soap Opera, target audience 20 something male
- De Donald L. Hogan en 03-20-21
De: Dick Lehr
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But Not in Shame
- The Six Months After Pearl Harbor
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 18 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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What were the events which determined the Pearl Harbor catastrophe? What were the last few days on Wake Island like? What really occurred on the infamous Bataan Death March, and why did it happen? How did MacArthur make his dramatic escape from Corregidor? And what is the story behind the greatest capitulation in American history, General Wainwright’s forced surrender of the Philippines?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- De dexter en 03-03-20
De: John Toland
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Enola Gay
- Mission to Hiroshima
- De: Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 10 h
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General5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 75
Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to send the Enola Gay to bomb Hiroshima is told through firsthand sources. From diplomatic moves behind the scenes to Japanese actions and the US Army Air Force's call to action, no detail is left untold. Touching on the early days of the Manhattan Project and the first inkling of an atomic bomb, investigative journalist Gordon Thomas and his writing partner Max Morgan-Witts, take WWII enthusiasts through the training of the crew of the Enola Gay and the challenges faced by pilot Paul Tibbets.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor reader
- De Dee en 04-17-22
De: Gordon Thomas, y otros
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The Last Zero Fighter
- De: Dan King
- Narrado por: Drew Bott
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WWII Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of the pivotal battles of the Pacific War including; USS Panay, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Rabaul, Port Darwin, Indian Ocean Raid, Ceylon, Midway, Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the kamikaze in the Philippines, the home defense and the dropping of the atomic bomb. Includes an introduction to the Japanese pilot training system for both officers and enlisted men.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and humanizing story
- De courtney mckean en 07-03-23
De: Dan King
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
- De: Ian W. Toll
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 22 h y 6 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,020
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,585
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,570
On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astonishingly good.
- De Mike From Mesa en 09-01-12
De: Ian W. Toll
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Sand and Steel
- The D-Day Invasion and the Liberation of France
- De: Peter Caddick-Adams
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 37 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 78
Sand and Steel gives us D-Day, arguably the greatest and most consequential military operation of modern times, beginning with the years of painstaking and costly preparation, through to the pitched battles fought along France's northern coast, from Omaha Beach to the Falaise and the push east to Strasbourg.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Details, details, details
- De Mike From Mesa en 11-11-21
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Jayhawk
- Love, Loss, Liberation and Terror over the Pacific
- De: Jay A. Stout, George L. Cooper
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 59
Born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother, George Cooper is one of the few surviving veteran pilots who saw action over such fearsome targets as Rabaul and Wewak. Not just another flag-waving story of air combat, Jayhawk describes the war as it really was - a conflict with far-reaching tentacles that gripped and tore at not only the combatants, but also their families, friends, and the way they lived their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An absolute must for any student of the Pacific Air War
- De Ginger en 10-07-20
De: Jay A. Stout, y otros
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A Dawn Like Thunder
- The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
- De: Robert J. Mrazek
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of the members of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical victories at Midway and Guadalcanal. These 35 American men - many flying outmoded aircraft - changed the course of history, going on to become the war's most decorated naval air squadron, while suffering the heaviest losses in U.S. naval aviation history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story well told
- De Kismet en 01-30-09
De: Robert J. Mrazek
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Race of Aces
- WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky
- De: John R. Bruning
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,434
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,275
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,270
In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces" - the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker - offered a bottle of bourbon to the first US fighter pilot to break his record of 26 enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate his men, General George Kenney promoted what they would come to call the "race of aces" as a way of boosting the spirits of his war-weary command.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Boring, confusing storyline, some technical details wrong
- De ATM en 04-09-20
De: John R. Bruning
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The Fleet at Flood Tide
- America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 23 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,353
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,204
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With its thunderous assault on the Mariana Islands in June 1944, the United States crossed the threshold of total war. In this tour de force of dramatic storytelling, distilled from extensive research in newly discovered primary sources, James D. Hornfischer brings to life the campaign that was the fulcrum of the drive to compel Tokyo to surrender—and that forever changed the art of modern war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hornfischer's Philosophical Summary Up to VJ Day
- De Hollywood Dave en 01-08-17
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A Tomb Called Iwo Jima
- Firsthand Accounts from Japanese Survivors
- De: Dan King
- Narrado por: Drew Bott
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 74
Firsthand accounts from Japanese WW II soldiers, sailors, and pilots who fought in the battle for Iwo Jima and survived. Some were evacuated before the Marines landed, and others were taken as prisoners of war. The Japanese army and navy combatants are given a voice to share their experiences in the battle that coined the phrase "uncommon valor was a common virtue".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprising and shocking. It explains a lot.
- De Maggie en 07-18-20
De: Dan King
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Kangaroo Squadron
- American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II
- De: Bruce Gamble
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
In early 1942, while the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single US Army squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy. Based in Australia with inadequate supplies and no ground support, the squadron's pilots and combat crew endured tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the outfit, dubbed the Kangaroo Squadron, proved remarkably resilient and successful.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 star History!
- De DON COOKE en 03-13-19
De: Bruce Gamble
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Taking Berlin
- The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich
- De: Martin Dugard
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Fall, 1944. Paris has been liberated, saved from destruction, but this diversion on the road to Berlin has given the Germans time to regroup. The American and British armies press on from the west, facing the enemy time and again in the Hurtgen Forest, during the Market-Garden invasion, and at the Battle of the Bulge, all while American general George Patton and British field marshal Bernard Montgomery vie for supremacy as the Allies’ top battlefield commander.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great until personal politics showed up
- De UP North en 12-16-22
De: Martin Dugard
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War Stories II
- Heroism in the Pacific
- De: Oliver North, Joe Musser
- Narrado por: Joel Leffert
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
New York Times best-selling author Oliver North, popular host of FOX News Channel's top-rated War Stories program, provided an insightful look at Operation Iraqi Freedom in the first hard-hitting book based on his show. Now in this second book, North shares the accomplishments of the heroic men who fought in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another winner
- De Kindle Customer en 04-20-05
De: Oliver North, y otros
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The Fighting Corsairs
- The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 in the Pacific during WWII
- De: Jeff Dacus
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
From historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943, when the tide turned against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a thrilling narrative of the marines who lived, and died, during the toughest battles of the entire war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Fighting Corsairs
- De Thomas S. Connelly en 05-10-21
De: Jeff Dacus
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Days of Steel Rain
- The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance Ship in the Year of the Kamikaze
- De: Brent E. Jones
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named for her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war. At its center lies US Navy Captain George Dyer, who vowed to return to action after suffering a horrific wound. He accepted the ship's command in 1944, knowing it would be his last chance to avenge his injuries and salvage his career. Yet with the nation's resources and personnel stretched thin by the war, he found that just getting the ship into action would prove to be a battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Other Side of the Story: USS Astoria CL-90
- De Mike Williams en 11-16-21
De: Brent E. Jones
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Guadalcanal Diary
- 2nd Edition
- De: Richard Tregaskis
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 350
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 348
This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground - only to be awoken by air raids - eating meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW, GREAT TRUTH FOR THOSE POOR BOY'S
- De Andrea Longwith en 02-28-17
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Richard Tregaskis
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-09-25
A Great Read
Great recap of the action during the South Pacific War. Tredraskis has to be one of the best story teller this nation has produced.
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- J.Brock
- 07-17-22
Amazing life
The life of Richard Tregaskis was one incredible roller coaster. His time as a war correspondent during WWII was like a soldier in combat. The injuries he sustained were horrific. But he went back out over an over again. Honestly the book would have been even better has it just accounted for this time. His shrapnel wound, combined with his secret diabetes battle, which was more than life threatening at the time, makes for seriously page turning material. Tregaskis was a of the greatest generation and it showed. What a great read. And Grover Gardner is the best narrator for the work.
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