Building for war the epic saga of the civilian contractors and marines of Wake Island in World War II
This is the story of the thousand-plus Depression-era civilian contractors who came to Wake Island, a remote Pacific atoll, in 1941 to build an air station for the U.S. Navy. The civilian contractors who had risked distance and danger for well-paying jobs ended up paying a steep price: their freedom...
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Havertown, Pa.
Casemate
2012
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| 264 | 1 | |a Havertown, Pa. |b Casemate |c 2012 | |
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| 520 | |a This is the story of the thousand-plus Depression-era civilian contractors who came to Wake Island, a remote Pacific atoll, in 1941 to build an air station for the U.S. Navy. The civilian contractors who had risked distance and danger for well-paying jobs ended up paying a steep price: their freedom and, for many, their lives. | ||
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