World War II Sites in the United States: A Tour Guide & Directory
- ISBN-10
- 0962832413
- ISBN-13
- 9780962832413
- Category
- History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
- Pages
- 303
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Riebel-Roque Publishing Company
- Author
- Richard E. Osborne
Description
This is two books in one; a directory listing the descriptions of hundreds of WW II Sites in the United States and a tour guide on how to find and visit them. Listed are army camps - air fields - naval air stations - naval bases - Marine Corps bases - warships on display - enemy aircraft and submarine attack sites on American territory - Japanese bombing balloon attack and recovery sites - coastal defenses - military hospitals - prisoner of war camps - internment camps for enemy aliens - relocation camps of ethnic Japanese - birth places and homes of prominent WW II personalities - atomic bomb sites - spy landing sites and sabotage targets - arsenals - ordnance plants - shipyards - military depots... and MUCH MORE...
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