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No Time To Waste    by JD Wetterling
Price: $2.99 USD. 66000 words. Published on October 21, 2009. .

No Time To Waste is a true story of amazing grace at Pearl Harbor, Guadalacanal, under the South China Sea, over the Ho Chi Minh Trail and in the hearts of two veterans—best friends—long after their combat days were over. “Marvel at how God's sovereign grace conquered the hearts of self-made, self-satisfied men…”
Dear Mrs. Gray    by Cindy Ely
Price: $4.99 USD. 101240 words. Published on August 30, 2010. .

Dear Mrs. Gray is not just another story about overt heroism and life in the U.S. during World War II. From Warren's brushes with fame and reflections on life at Camp Wolters, to Violet's stories of survival on the home front, their love and devotion is expressed through letters to each other. Dear Mrs. Gray is a diary, love story and history lesson that delivers.
Destiny In The Pacific    by John Schork
Price: $6.95 USD. 114680 words. Published on December 26, 2010. .

Set in the first desperate year of the Pacific War, "Destiny in the Pacific" tells the story of Bryan Michaels, a disgraced Naval Aviator. A promising career in shambles, his time in the Navy drawing to a close, Bryan is given a second chance following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jump into the cockpit for the air battles of Coral Sea and Midway and much, much more. "Destiny" puts you there.
The Short Life of a Valiant Ship    by Barry Friedman
Price: $2.99 USD. 30820 words. Published on March 27, 2011. .

On October 15, 1942 the destroyer USS Meredith, and the tug USS Vireo, were attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft carrier planes. For four days, the survivors floated in oil-covered waters, and watched helplessly while their comrades died or drowned or were devoured by sharks. Only ninety-six of the 329 crewmen of both ships, survived to be rescued
The Hell Hawk Poems    by John Livingood
Price: $0.99 USD. 12530 words. Published on August 7, 2011. .

A collection of poems from World War II, primarily focusing on the war in the South Pacific and, in particular, the Solomon Islands Campaign. The poems were collected by William C. Livingood while he was a Flight Surgeon assigned to the U. S. Marine Corps fighter squadron, VMF-213, also known as the Hell Hawks. Many of the poems were written by a VMF-213 pilot.
When John Frum Came - A Novel of South Pacific Cargo Cults    by Bill Schroeder
Price: $5.99 USD. 110870 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on November 8, 2011. .

Pacific Islanders were plantation slaves to the Brits before WWII. Mythic John Frum urged natives to “go back to custom,” earning a price on his head. A Boston missionary and a cargo cult shaman awaiting ships full of food meet on Christ’s Despair Island and experience the culture clash with ironic humor and action adventures involving the Japanese, US Navy, and cannibal headhunters.
Herbert Hopp's Story    by Thomas Hopp
Price: $0.99 USD. 5040 words. Published on December 24, 2011. .

This is the true story of Herbert Albert Hopp, Navy airman in World War II. The turret gunner of a Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber, Herb saw action of a kind only very few men experienced in that great conflict. Reading this, you will doubt that any one man ever faced such hell on earth or fought so valiantly. But believe it. It's true.