The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 54

Admiral advance aerial Air Force air strip airfield Allied armored Army artillery ashore base battle battleships beaches beachhead began bomb bombers British campaign casualties coast command convoy Coral Sea Corps counterattack cover craft damage defense destroyer escorts destroyers divisions east enemy escort carriers fighters fighting fire flank formations French front Galvin expressly Germans Guadalcanal Guinea GUINEA CAMPAIGN Gulf guns Halsey heavy cruisers infantry invasion island Japa Japanese planes Kwajalein Land Miles Leyte light cruisers losses lost Luzon MacArthur Manila Map by Robert Marines Marshal military Moresby mountains move naval navy Nazis nearly nese night offensive operations Pacific Patton Pearl Harbor Peninsula Philippines ports position Prepared by Robert Rabaul raid reached Robert W Saipan Salamaua scouts shelling ships shore Solomons Spruance squadron Strait strategic submarines sunk supply tactical tanks Tebessa tion Tokyo Express torpedo transports troops Truk U-boats vessels whole