Liberating North China - 1945
Author | : William Hook |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2014-08-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1500282952 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781500282950 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Download or read book Liberating North China - 1945 written by William Hook and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bloody war against the Japanese ended in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. A few days later, Colonel Gale T Cummings, the G-1 of the III Amphibious Corps (USMC) summoned his driver and told him that he had been chosen to accompany Brigadier General William A Worton, Chief of Staff, along with 10 other officers and 5 other enlisted men to fly to North China on September 17 to make contact with the Japanese Imperial Forces and begin preparations for the official surrender of North China to the US Marine Corps on behalf of the Allied Forces. 'Liberating China - 1945 is the thrilling account of a little known piece of history as told by a China Marine