Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island
- ISBN-10
- 0553585673
- ISBN-13
- 9780553585674
- Series
- Given Up for Dead
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 576
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Author
- Bill Sloan
Description
An account of America's first battle of World War II describes the ordeal of American soldiers and civilians who defended Wake Island against a surprise Japanese attack just hours after Pearl Harbor.
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- 2009-04-13
- 304 pages
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- 2006-03-28
- 304 pages
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