Darkroom Soldier: Photographs and Letters from the South Pacific Theater World War II by Frederick H. Hill, George Venn

2008 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-645
Author(s):  
Ted Van Arsdol
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
World War ◽  
The South

Mothers’ Darlings of The South Pacific: The Children of Indigenous Women and U.S. Servicemen, World War II, Judith A. Bennett and Angela Wanhalla (eds) (2016)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-265
Author(s):  
Hermann Mückler
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
World War ◽  
The South ◽  
University Of Hawai'i

Review of: Mothers’ Darlings of The South Pacific: The Children of Indigenous Women and U.S. Servicemen, World War II, Judith A. Bennett and Angela Wanhalla (eds) (2016) Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 379 pp., ISBN 978 0 82485 152 1 (hbk), US$65

“Riding a Stick of Dynamite”

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Joseph B. Atkins
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Military Service ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Boot Camp ◽  
World War ◽  
The South ◽  
Battle Of Okinawa ◽  
The U.S

This chapter details Harry Dean's military service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was one of several actors who served in the South Pacific, including Lee Van Cleef, Lee Marvin, and Harry Dean's future acting teacher Jeff Corey. Following a description of life in Navy boot camp, the chapter discusses service on an LST (landing ship, tank), which Harry Dean described as "riding a stick of dynamite." He was ship's cook on the hardware-carrying USS LST-970, which saw service in the Battle of Okinawa -- the last major battle of the war -- and faced the death-defying missions of Japan's kamikaze pilots. The Navy lost more ships in this battle than at any other time in its history. "I was damn lucky I didn't get blown up or killed," Harry Dean said about the experience.

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