LEADER 02769oam 22004934a 450 001 9910795374603321 005 20191210120247.0 010 $a1-57441-781-9 035 $a(CKB)4950000000162633 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5978862 035 $a(OCoLC)1128103653 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse74736 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000162633 100 $a20190628h20192019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrom Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay$b[electronic resource] $eThe Memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee Commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945 /$fedited by Jonathan Templin Ritter 205 $aFirst. 210 1$aDenton, Texas :$cUniversity of North Texas Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (201 pages) 225 1 $aNorth Texas military biography and memoir series ;$vnumber 17 311 $a1-57441-771-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChronology 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. 330 $a"This is the memoir of J. R. Ritter (1902-1994), a civil engineer from Texas who became a U.S. Navy Seabee officer during World War II. The formal name of the Seabees is "U.S. Naval Construction Battalions" and they were responsible for building airstrips, barracks, and other infrastructure for the troops. Ritter was first stationed in Alaska when Japan was thought to be planning an invasion through the Aleutians, then in the Central Pacific, mainly on Tinian Island. He was on Tinian when the war ended"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aNorth Texas military biography and memoir series ;$vno. 17. 606 $aMarine engineers$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Ocean$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMarine engineers 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.545973092 700 $aRitter$b J. R$g(James Rex),$f1902-1994,$01559248 702 $aRitter$b Jonathan Templin$f1983- 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795374603321 996 $aFrom Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay$93824205 997 $aUNINA