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Ready on the Right: A True Story of a Naturalist-Seabee on the Islands of Kodiak, Unalaska, Adak, Tanaga, Oahu, Eniwetok, Guam, MogMog [Ulithi] and Okinawa (1946)
Ready on the Right, first published in 1946, is a down-to-earth, firsthand account of an enlisted man's service in the Seabees in the Pacific in World War II. Author Ralph Donahue, who also served in Europe during the First World War, enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and was assigned to the 27th and 45th Naval Construction Battalions - the Seabees. Donahue saw duty in the extremes of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, to the tropical islands of the South Pacific (including Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, and Okinawa). In addition to his military duties, Donahue was an avid naturalist, exploring the areas in which he was deployed, and collecting specimens of insects, lizards, and plants; when possible he sent his collections to various museums in the States, where they were of lasting value to researchers.… (altro)
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To all men of the Seabees who, by sacrifice of time, skill and life, made Victory possible, this book is respectfully dedicated.
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When the Japs raided Pearl Harbor, the explosions of their bombs did other things beside sink a harbor full of ships and slaughter hundreds of our best men.
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I had new experiences, made new friends, saw new sights, and gleaned much that, life permitting, will be the subject for my typewriter in the years that follow.
Ready on the Right, first published in 1946, is a down-to-earth, firsthand account of an enlisted man's service in the Seabees in the Pacific in World War II. Author Ralph Donahue, who also served in Europe during the First World War, enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and was assigned to the 27th and 45th Naval Construction Battalions - the Seabees. Donahue saw duty in the extremes of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, to the tropical islands of the South Pacific (including Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, and Okinawa). In addition to his military duties, Donahue was an avid naturalist, exploring the areas in which he was deployed, and collecting specimens of insects, lizards, and plants; when possible he sent his collections to various museums in the States, where they were of lasting value to researchers.