{"product_id":"the-williwaw-war-donald-goldstein-9781682262108","title":"The Williwaw War: The Arkansas National Guard in the Aleutians in World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the 206th Coast Artillery Regiment of the Arkansas National Guard was called into federal service in January of 1941, few of the soldiers saw this action as anything more than a temporary detour in their lives. The war, after all, was in Europe and Asia and did not seem to involve them; many of the men thought they would serve their one-year enlistment and go home. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed all that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Williwaw War\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the event sthat shaped the service of Arkansas's 206th in the Aleutian Islands, including the Japanese strikes on Dutch Harbor on the third and fourth of June 1942, as well as the naval battle of the Komandorski Islands and the recapture of Attu and Kiska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by the noted co-authors of the best-welling books on World War II, \u003ci\u003eThe Williwaw War\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the efforts of the men of the 206th as they battled terrible weather, overwhelming boredome and deprivation, and the Japanese, who were succesfully attempting to distract the Americans from the main Japanese assault on Midway Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Goldstein,Katherine V. Dillon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682262103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682262108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Donald Goldstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485833539839,"sku":"9781682262108","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c15be622-d843-4a94-a9e1-b1403f58bfcd.jpg?v=1778051908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-williwaw-war-donald-goldstein-9781682262108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}