Gene Salecker: 4 books
Disaster on the Mississippi
The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
At two o’clock in the morning on 27 April 1865, seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi, the sidewheel steamboat Sultana’s boilers suddenly exploded. Legally registered to carry 376 people, the boat was packed with 2,100 recently released Union prisoners-of-war. Over 1,700 people died, making...
The Second Pearl Harbor
The West Loch Disaster, May 21, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
In May 1944, with American forces closing in on the Japanese mainland, the Fifth Fleet Amphibious Force was preparing to invade Saipan. Control of this island would put enemy cities squarely within range of the B-29 bomber. The navy had assembled a fleet of landing ship tanks (LSTs) in the West Loch...
Rolling Thunder Against the Rising Sun
The Combat History of U.S. Army Tank Battalions in the Pacific in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2008
First work dedicated solely to the use of Army tanks in the Pacific Theater. Covers armor battles in the Philippines, Makin, the Solomons, Rabaul, New Guinea, Saipan, Guam, and Okinawa.
Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun
U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Complete account of airborne operations in the Pacific theater. Firsthand descriptions from American and Japanese paratroopers. Detailed maps illustrate battles.