DJ,
I've been TAD for the last month with no access to a computer. Didn't realize how much I enjoyed this site until I couldn't get to it.
Anyway, This is a great idea. Are all aspects of the Pacific war fair game i.e. land,sea,air ?

v/r,
Cob

COB--good to have you back. All aspects of the Pacific War are fair game. I am catagorizing my list by subject matter (battle, campaign, leaders, etc.) .I trust this idea will catch hold so we can assemble a usable list of documents. By the way, check out the Rivet Forum for a look at the USMC M4 I am constructing.
DJ

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COB--good to have you back. All aspects of the Pacific War are fair game. I am catagorizing my list by subject matter (battle, campaign, leaders, etc.) .I trust this idea will catch hold so we can assemble a usable list of documents. By the way, check out the Rivet Forum for a look at the USMC M4 I am constructing.
DJ

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Looks great DJ. What color scheme are you using? The Marines had some pretty colorful patterns on Iwo and Okinawa. I'm home for a short time between travel but I will work on the Naval aspects of the Pacific campaign.
v/r,
Cob

Jeff has defintely covered most government -produced books about the war in the Pacific.
I'm surprised he neglected the Leavenworth Papers produced by the Combat Studies Institute at the Command and General Staff college. Here are a few I have -- all should be available from the GPO.

Leavenworth Paper No. 2: "Nomonhan: Japanese-Soviet Tactical Combat, 1939"
No. 7: "August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria"
No. 8: "August Storm: Soviet Tactical and Operational Combat in Manchuria, 1945"
No. 9: "Defending the Driniumor: Covering Force Operations in New Guinea, 1944"
No. 18: "Japan's Battle in Okinawa, April-June 1945"

Let me also offer a few titles that I have found useful from a modeling standpoint -- in that they have lots of photos.

"Tank Battles of the Pacific War 1941-1945" by Steven J. Zaloga. Concord Publications. Nice all-round photo history of armor in the Pacific. Tons of photos and color plates.

"The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa 1941-1945" by Jonathan Gawne. Greenhill Books and Stackpole Books. Part of the "G.I.: The illustrated History of the American Soldier, His Uniform and His Equipment" series. Lots of pics -- some in color -- of GIs, uniforms and equipment.

"War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay" edited by Bernard C. Nalty. Salamander Books. A big, ole "coffee table" book chock full of color photos of actual uniforms, equipment and small arms from all forces in the Pacific war. One of my favorite references.

"The Forgotten War: A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada" (volumes 1 and 2) by Stan Cohen. Pictorial Histories Publishing. The Aleutians, the Alaska Highway, Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union, etc., these books are a treasure trove of photos, history and anecdotes from the war in the north Pacific. One of the least-known and lesser-modeled campaigns of WWII.

"The Capture of Attu: Tales of World War II in Alaska" as told by the men who fought there. Alaska Northwest Publishing. Reprinted first-had accounts first published in the Infantry Journal in 1944. Great stories, photos and maps. Includes one account by Cpl. Dashiell Hammett, who later wrote "The Maltese Falcon" and other fiction.

Just a few selections from my collection to keep the ball roling ...

As an aside, did you read the Attu book? I tried and gave up. It is written in a 1940ish style of writing that I found distracting.

I need to look-up the author of the best book I recall reading about the Aleutian Island campaign. I remember the title as "The Thousand Mile War." I forget the author. Well written account.

Also forgot, in this month " Armor" the professional development bulletin of the armor branch. There is an article called "Executing the Double Retrograde Delay: the 194th tank battalion in action during the luzon defensive campaign 1941-42" by Maj. William Vandenbergh
brian

Ralph--Very nice listing. You will see that shortly we are going to categorize the list so people can more easily find a topic and related works. Thanks for the contribution.