BOOKS
Letters from the Pacific /

Publisher: [name of publisher not identified],


Title Details
  • Letters from the Pacific /
Publishers
  • San Francisco : [name of publisher not identified],1946.
Descriptions
  • [xiv], 131 pages ;24 cm.
Language
    English.
Subjects
  • Chickering, William H., -- 1916-1945
  • War correspondents -- United States -- Correspondence
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Correspondence
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 799 .U6 C45 1946
Status Available
Barcode 18030
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 799 .U6
  • Item number - C45 1946
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Chickering, William H.,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1916-1945
Title Statement
  • Title - Letters from the Pacific /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc - written by William H. Chickering, war correspondent, to his family, 1942-1944
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc - San Francisco :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc - [name of publisher not identified],
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc - 1946.
Physical Description
  • Extent - [xiv], 131 pages ;
  • Dimensions - 24 cm.
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc - "William Henry Chickering's life began May 8th, 1916, in Piedmont, California. It ended in the fiery, shattering explosion of a Japanese 'kamikaze' bomber, on the bridge of the United States battleship New Mexico in Lingayen Gulf, off the island of Luzon. The date was sixth of January, 1945, on the eve of the landing operations which marked the beginning of the final campaign for the liberation of the Philippines..."
Language Note
  • Language note - English.
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - Chickering, William H.,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1916-1945
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - War correspondents
  • Geographic subdivision - United States
  • Form subdivision - Correspondence
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Journalists
  • Form subdivision - Correspondence