Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun U.S.

From the attack on Pearl Harbor through Japan's surrender, the Americans and Japanese conducted a total of twelve combat parachute drops in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Filling a glaring gap in the historical record of the war, Gene Eric Salecker recounts all twelve drops, highlighting the courage of paratroopers on both sides.

Gene Eric Salecker has also written Rolling Thunder against the Rising Sun and Fortress against the Sun.

Introduction	p. vi
Yokosuka 1st Special Naval Landing Force	p. 1
Dash Forward	p. 10
Japan Needs Oil	p. 22
P1 Airfield	p. 29
The Capture of Palembang	p. 42
Dutch West Timor	p. 50
The U.S. Paratrooper	p. 72
Equipping the American Paratrooper	p. 87
Operation Cartwheel	p. 102
Nadzab	p. 112
Baptism of Fire	p. 127
Birth of a Division, Death of a Program	p. 138
New Guinea Interlude	p. 149
Noemfoor	p. 157
Leyte Firefight	p. 172
The Calm before the Storm	p. 186
Caught Napping	p. 209
Buri Airfield	p. 221
By Air and by Sea	p. 228
Tagaytay Ridge	p. 234
The Rock	p. 250
Rock Force Assault	p. 262
Seizing the Rock	p. 272
Los Baños	p. 281
The Raid	p. 294
The Last Jump	p. 307
Epilogue	p. 318
Notes	p. 321
Bibliography	p. 361
Index	p. 369
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Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II

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