{"product_id":"pacific-war-diary-1942-1945-9780618400805","title":"Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the World War II campaign in the Pacific, an ordinary seaman defied navy regulations by surreptitiously compiling a diary on scraps of paper. One of the most extraordinary personal documents to emerge from the war, James J. Fahey's diary presents a vivid picture of an average sailor's daily life -- from the first battle to the typhoons and food shortages to the final desperate attacks by kamikaze pilots and Japanese suicide ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFahey, James J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James J. Fahey (1918-1991) was a seaman first class on the USS Montpelier. He kept his secret diary from October 1942 to December 1945. He lived in Waltham, Massachusetts.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412748734738,"sku":"9780618400805","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e75c0bdf-d279-4dc2-9c1c-62c57d17dfef.jpg?v=1729325322","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pacific-war-diary-1942-1945-9780618400805","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}