Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate

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COMBAT LOADED Joseph G. Dawson III, General Editor Editorial Board: Robert Doughty Brian Linn Craig Symonds Robert Wooster COMBAT LOADED Across the Pacific on the USS Tate THOMAS E. CREW Texas A&M University Press College Station Copyright © 2007 by Thomas E. Crew Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48–1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crew, Thomas E., 1957– Combat loaded : across the Pacific on the USS Tate / Thomas E. Crew — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 108) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-1-58544-556-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Tate (Ship). 2. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, American. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Regimental histories—United States. 4. World War, 1939–1945— Campaigns—Pacific Ocean. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Transportation—United States. I. Title. II. Series: Texas A&M University military history series ; 108. d774.t39c74 2007 940.54⬘5973—dc22 2006014330 ⬁ 䊊 To all of the U.S. combat veterans whose stories remain untold. ...