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Jones, Don. Oba, The Last Samurai - Saipan 1944-45. England, Airlife Publishing Limited, 1986. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 241 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket (with photograph of the author and Oba on back flap). Designed by Christine Dettner. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear with minor inscription on inside front board. A reconstruction of events during World War II by American journalist and war correspondent Don Jones and Captain Sakae Oba of the Japanese Army. Originally published for a Japanese audience in Japan in 1982. Chapters Submarine Attack / Valiant Defenders / Oba Takes Command / The Americans Move / Surrender of the Civilians / The War is Over / etc.
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(Subject: World War II - Pacific) The story of the Japanese officer and his 46 men on Saipan who refused to acknowledge defeat in 1945. For eighteen months he and his men held out in the jungle and hills. This is a narrative of the remarkable events including being torpedoed, fighting the US Marine Invasion, his remarkable guerrilla campaign, to his final capitulation after Japan's surrender in Tokyo. (Published: 1986) (Publisher: Airlife Publishing) (ISBN: 090639371X) (Pagination: 241pp, photo, 2 maps.) (Condition: Very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX. Seller Inventory # 5892-01
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. larger 8vo pp242 bw map F/VG The srory of a Japanese army captain, who kept up resistance on Saipan into December 1945. The author was a young marine on Saipan, then later met Oba in 1960s Japan. [ Larger book, so extra airmail postage overseas. ]. Seller Inventory # 6389
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Oba, the last Samurai : Saipan 1944-45 / Don Jones
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Account of a Japanese officer and his 46 men on Saipan who refused to acknowledge defeat in 1945. Over the course of eighteen months Oba and his men hid and sometimes fought in island's jungle and hills. Includes a b/w photograph and 2*mas. 241pp. Seller Inventory # 206106
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