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This site began life as the Pacific Ship and Shore Historical Review back in 2003. The site went into hibernation in 2006, and was reborn in 2010 as The Pacific Review. We're back online as Pacific Ship and Shore Historical Review with luck for yet awhile.
On this site you'll also find The Dixon Echoes, a newsletter pertaining to the northern California town of Dixon, near Sacramento.
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Monographs
Live World War II! Pacific Ship and Shore is always adding information about World War II in form of monographs which are written and edited from real life experiences during World War II, we are a primary source reference ... Read More
About our website
In The Pacific Review the intent is to take the reader back in time to either
learn of events of which he never knew, or to refresh his memory of isolated
happenings he had tucked away, nearly forgotten; or maybe just needed
verification after having slipped out of the pages of modern-day school books
and histories written by others more hesitant to bring up stuff that might rock
the boat of cultural or international relationships of the modern day.
I was in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman at Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941 during the Japanese Navy’s surprise attack; and in the early
war years of WWII was aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco and the
battleship USS Pennsylvania
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Recommended Readings
Want to learn more about World War II History? Visit our Book section, you will find several nice and accurate books to enjoy. Most recently added book:
The History of the USS San Francisco in World War II
This is the historical account — the history — of the only ship of the United States Navy to have four men each receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for their valor in one battle —the Night Naval Battle of Guadalcanal — in which two of them lost their lives, along with 105 others.... Read More
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