''Autumn Winds Over Okinawa, 1945''

''Autumn Winds Over Okinawa, 1945'' PDF

Author: Pelham K. Mead, III

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-12

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781469133997

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On the fateful day on August 31, 1945, four sailors departed the U.S.S. Antietam CV-36 on a launch headed for the shores of Okinawa. The war was officially over, and all of them wanted to transfer back to the States. In the launch were Chief Petty Officer of Machinists, Ken Mead, Seaman First Class Robert Brown, Seaman First Class Lincoln Overland, and Seaman First Class Charles Smitty. The seas were calm that day as the launch headed into the docks at Haku Bay. Atop a flagpole beyond the beach, Old Glory was rippling in the wind. The stumps of hundreds of burned out palm trees were visible beyond the white beach sands. As they approached the beach, they saw battle debris everywhere including American plane parts, and a Jap wing with the red circle on it half sunk in the sand. Huge craters pockmarked the sand where bombs had hit and exploded. Unbeknown to them this would become their home for over a month despite all their radio efforts calling to nearby ships. It would be a month from hell as two major typhoons hit the island causing massive damage. It would be a month from hell dodging Jap snipers. It would be a month of survival with limited food and water available, since the Navy no longer had a post on the island. All that was left was the Army, and hundreds of Okinawan civilians, and of course Jap snipers, who did not believe the war was over. Insects and disease were as much the enemy as were the Jap soldiers hiding in the limestone caves fighting to the death in honor of the Emperor. This is a story of survival in an unknown incident on the Island of Okinawa at the end of WWII.

''Autumn Winds Over Okinawa, 1945''

''Autumn Winds Over Okinawa, 1945'' PDF

Author: Pelham K. III Mead

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-12

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781469133980

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On the fateful day on August 31, 1945, four sailors departed the U.S.S. Antietam CV-36 on a launch headed for the shores of Okinawa. The war was officially over, and all of them wanted to transfer back to the States. In the launch were Chief Petty Officer of Machinists, Ken Mead, Seaman First Class Robert Brown, Seaman First Class Lincoln Overland, and Seaman First Class Charles Smitty. The seas were calm that day as the launch headed into the docks at Haku Bay. Atop a flagpole beyond the beach, Old Glory was rippling in the wind. The stumps of hundreds of burned out palm trees were visible beyond the white beach sands. As they approached the beach, they saw battle debris everywhere including American plane parts, and a Jap wing with the red circle on it half sunk in the sand. Huge craters pockmarked the sand where bombs had hit and exploded. Unbeknown to them this would become their home for over a month despite all their radio efforts calling to nearby ships. It would be a month from hell as two major typhoons hit the island causing massive damage. It would be a month from hell dodging Jap snipers. It would be a month of survival with limited food and water available, since the Navy no longer had a post on the island. All that was left was the Army, and hundreds of Okinawan civilians, and of course Jap snipers, who did not believe the war was over. Insects and disease were as much the enemy as were the Jap soldiers hiding in the limestone caves fighting to the death in honor of the Emperor. This is a story of survival in an unknown incident on the Island of Okinawa at the end of WWII.

''Autumn Winds over Okinawa, 1945''

''Autumn Winds over Okinawa, 1945'' PDF

Author: Pelham Kenneth Mead III

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-12-16

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1469134004

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On the fateful day on August 31, 1945, four sailors departed the U.S.S. Antietam CV-36 on a launch headed for the shores of Okinawa. The war was officially over, and all of them wanted to transfer back to the States. In the launch were Chief Petty Officer of Machinists, Ken Mead, Seaman First Class Robert Brown, Seaman First Class Lincoln Overland, and Seaman First Class Charles Smitty. The seas were calm that day as the launch headed into the docks at Haku Bay. Atop a flagpole beyond the beach, Old Glory was rippling in the wind. The stumps of hundreds of burned out palm trees were visible beyond the white beach sands. As they approached the beach, they saw battle debris everywhere including American plane parts, and a Jap wing with the red circle on it half sunk in the sand. Huge craters pockmarked the sand where bombs had hit and exploded. Unbeknown to them this would become their home for over a month despite all their radio efforts calling to nearby ships. It would be a month from hell as two major typhoons hit the island causing massive damage. It would be a month from hell dodging Jap snipers. It would be a month of survival with limited food and water available, since the Navy no longer had a post on the island. All that was left was the Army, and hundreds of Okinawan civilians, and of course Jap snipers, who did not believe the war was over. Insects and disease were as much the enemy as were the Jap soldiers hiding in the limestone caves fighting to the death in honor of the Emperor. This is a story of survival in an unknown incident on the Island of Okinawa at the end of WWII.

The Chinese Crystal Ball

The Chinese Crystal Ball PDF

Author: Dr. Pelham K. Mead III

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-09-18

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1477265252

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This is story about predetermination, and if we had the ability to see into our future, whether it is human nature to avoid a bad future or take advantage of a good future. John Cardomen a New York a young Irish stockbroker acquires an ancient Chinese crystal ball that is supposed to be thousands of years old from the Chin dynasty from a Chinese merchant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, for a few hundred dollars. The merchant warns John that the crystal ball had magical properties, but Johns does not believe the merchant. The story follows how the Chinese Crystal Ball changes the life of John Cardomen, makes him rich, only to have to run from some ruthless members of the Chinese Flying Dragons Gang from Chinatown, New York.

The 23Rd Psalm

The 23Rd Psalm PDF

Author: Dr. Pelham K. Mead III

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-02-09

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1479790958

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The premise of this science fiction novel is that each line in the 23rd Psalm describes what the Christian and Jewish survivors will do to stay alive after a comet destroys most of the earth. I was researching several books on Jewish and Christian messiahs when the idea of this book came to my mind. What if a comet hits the earth and only a handful of survivors on mountaintops survived the disaster? How would these two religious groups learn to work together to survive? What if one person in the two groups began to have visions about the future that came true? What if, after many struggles, the Jewish temple group and the Protestant group chose a messiah, the man who was having the spiritual visions that came true again and again? This is a story about survival and the determination of two small groups to find higher ground and, eventually, safety on the earth flooded to six thousand feet above sea level. This is a story about the year 3550 when world corporations sought to make religions illegal.

The Junior High

The Junior High PDF

Author: Dr. Pelham K. Mead III

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-10

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1479739464

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Dr. Pelham Kenneth Mead III Educational Experience Freeport High School, Freeport, Long Island, New York, Class of 1961 Springfield College, Springfield, Mass. Class of 1966, Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and Health Education. Springfield College, Springfield, Mass., Class of 1967, Master of Science degree in Outdoor Education SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, N.Y., 1984-1988, 6th Level Administrative Certificate Program, 21 credits, transferred to Columbia University. Columbia University, Teachers College 1988-May 13, 1992, Doctoral Degree in Education specializing in Educational Administration Writing Experience First novel, “Autumn Winds Over Okinawa 1945,” published by Xlibris, Jan. 2012. Second novel, “The Chinese Crystal Ball,” published by Authorhouse, Oct. 2012.

In the Autumn Wind

In the Autumn Wind PDF

Author: Dorothy Stroup

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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Story of mother's struggle to survive in 1945 war torn Japan.

Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies

Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies PDF

Author: Samuel Hideo Yamashita

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2005-09-30

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0824840585

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The fall of Singapore and the brilliant victories achieved since the start of the war mean we are protected, but I don’t know just how grateful I should be. —Takahashi Aiko, housewife, February 1942 This is my final departure from the home islands. I have paid my respects to those who have helped me. I have no regrets. —Itabashi Yasuo, navy kamikaze pilot, February 1944 We had rice gruel for lunch again. There was no tofu in it, but there were potatoes.... We went through with the closing ceremony and received our report cards. Everyone was there. From now on, I’ll persevere and not fail. —Manabe Ichiro, primary school student, July 1944 This collection of diaries gives readers a powerful, firsthand look at the effects of the Pacific War on eight ordinary Japanese. Immediate, vivid, and at times surprisingly frank, the diaries chronicle the last years of the war and its aftermath as experienced by a navy kamikaze pilot, an army straggler on Okinawa, an elderly Kyoto businessman, a Tokyo housewife, a young working woman in Tokyo, a teenage girl mobilized for war work, and two schoolchildren evacuated to the countryside. Samuel Yamashita’s introduction provides a helpful overview of the historiography on wartime Japan and offers valuable insights into the important, everyday issues that concerned Japanese during a different and disastrously difficult time.

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