Southwest passage : the Yanks in the Pacific

Southwest passage : the Yanks in the Pacific / John Lardner ; introduction by Alex Belth.

Author/creator	Lardner, John, 1912-1960
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Description	xx, 302 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Subject(s)	Lardner, John, 1912-1960. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area. World War, 1939-1945--Australia. World War, 1939-1945--New Guinea. World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage --United States. War correspondents--United States --Biography.

Contents	The unready -- Westward (censored) ho! -- Convoy -- All ashore -- The shirtsleeve Baedeker -- The last bastion -- MacArthur and MacArthuriana -- Road company -- Darwin -- Japs, mostly dead -- The planes we fight with -- Dakota in the red dust -- As the Dutchman flies -- City life -- Log of the firecracker -- Port of bombs and butterflies -- Between zeros -- Seven deadly young men -- Coral Sea -- Diggers at work -- Behind the lines -- The Tasman bumps -- Homeward : the odd pace -- Glossary.
General note	Originally published: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1943.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2013003806
ISBN	9780803240988 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0803240988 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	D811.5 .L29 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold