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From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay : the memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945
- Title
- From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay : the memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945 / edited by Jonathan Templin Ritter.
- Author
- Ritter, J. R. (James Rex), 1902-1994
- Publication
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Additional Authors
- Ritter, Jonathan Templin, 1983-
- Description
- xi, 176 pages, 12 pages of unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This is the memoir of J. R. Ritter (1902-1994), a civil engineer from Texas who became a U.S. Navy Seabee officer during World War II. The formal name of the Seabees is "U.S. Naval Construction Battalions" and they were responsible for building airstrips, barracks, and other infrastructure for the troops. Ritter was first stationed in Alaska when Japan was thought to be planning an invasion through the Aleutians, then in the Central Pacific, mainly on Tinian Island. He was on Tinian when the war ended"--
- Series Statement
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; number 17
- Uniform Title
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 17.
- Subjects
- Marine engineers
- United States > Navy > Seabees
- Armed Forces > Officers
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1939-1945
- Marine engineers > Texas > Biography
- Military campaigns
- Pacific Ocean
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean > Biography
- United States > Navy > Seabees > Officers > Biography
- Biographies
- Ritter, J. R (James Rex), 1902-1994
- Texas
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Chronology of the War Years (1941-1946) -- Introduction / by Jonathan Ritter -- Prologue: December 7, 1941 -- 1942: Texas to the Aleutians: Training for the Seabees -- 1943: Still in the Aleutians -- 1943: Back to the States -- 1943-1944: Shore Leave -- Gallery of Maps and Illustrations -- 1944: The Central Pacific: Kwajalein and Bigej -- 1944: The Central Pacific: Tinian -- 1945: The Beginning of the End -- 1945: The End of the Pacific War -- Epilogue: November 18, 1945 -- Conclusion (1945-1994) / by Jonathan Ritter.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-2953
- ISBN
- 9781574417715
- 1574417711
- 9781574417814 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019027397
- OCLC
- 1108787818
- Author
- Ritter, J. R. (James Rex), 1902-1994, author.
- Title
- From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay : the memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945 / edited by Jonathan Templin Ritter.
- Publisher
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; number 17North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 17.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Added Author
- Ritter, Jonathan Templin, 1983- editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-2953