Our Jungle Road to Tokyo

Our Jungle Road to Tokyo
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9781387367078
ISBN-13 : 1387367072
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Book Synopsis Our Jungle Road to Tokyo by : Robert L. Eichelberger

Download or read book Our Jungle Road to Tokyo written by Robert L. Eichelberger and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Jungle Road to Tokyo is the dazzling account of how US and Allied forces overcame incredible odds to rout invading Japanese from entrenched positions deep in the mountain jungles of Papua New Guinea. Battles take place in swamps, impassable vegetation, coconut plantations with invisible snipers buried in tree roots, hillsides riddled with pill-boxes and maze-like underground bunkers impervious to artillery and mortar. It is a detailed, autobiographical report from a leading architect of the Southwest Pacific Campaign, General Robert Eichelberger, who took his orders directly from Big Chief himself, General Douglas MacArthur. The action begins in earnest with MacArthur's chilling directive to Eichelberger regarding the recapturing of Buna, on Papua's north coast: "Take Buna, Bob, or don't come back alive."


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