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Lucky Thirteen: D-Days in the Pacific with the U. S. Coast Guard in World War II by Ken Wiley

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May 3, 2022 —

In this book, Ken Wiley, a Coast Guardsman on an Attack Transport in the Pacific, relates the intricate, often nerve wracking story of how the United States projected its power across 6,000 miles in the teeth of fanatical Japanese resistance.