Against the rising sun : New Zealanders remember the Pacific War / edited by Megan Hutching ; with Ian McGibbon and Alison Parr ; foreword by the Right Honourable Helen Clark.
Material type: TextPublisher: Auckland [N.Z.] : HarperCollins Publishers in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2006Description: 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1869506049
- 9781869506049
- 940.54260922 22
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 940.54260922 AGA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A323043B |
Includes bibliographical references (page 51) and index.
Introduction : Battling the rising sun : New Zealanders in the Pacific War / Ian McGibbon -- Further reading -- Everybody became prisoner of war / Ian Newlands -- Singapore on fire / William Mitchell -- The Pacific Islands were in danger / Harry Bioletti -- The mosquitoes were big / Doug Benge -- Hawaii's been attacked / Peter Renshaw -- Riding beautiful motorbikes / Rob McLean -- We started to flood / James Murphy -- Through the shattered palm trees / Noel Rosoman -- Smoke and flames from burning aircraft / John McKay -- Ralph Williams and his tiger rags / Ralph Williams -- We strafed down the jungle / Richard Mapp -- Japanese in large numbers / Alan Roberts -- It was mainly air raids / Thomas White -- We loved our ship / Pita Tauwhare.
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