'Bombs Over Tokyo,' and How They Got There

By Michael Walsh 3:49 PM on February 02, 2015

Pursuant to my essay of the other day, this documentary about the crucial role the United States Marine Corps played in bringing Imperial Japan into bombing range via the Marines’ fierce island-hopping Pacific campaign. With each island they took, the Marines brought the Army Air Forces‘ bombers ever closer to the Japanese home islands, and in so doing brought the war ever closer to its end. Take a look:

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Michael Walsh is a journalist, author and screenwriter. He was for 16 years the music critic of Time Magazine. His works include the novels, As Time Goes By, And All the Saints (winner, 2004 American Book Award for fiction) and the “Devlin” series of thrillers; and the recent non-fiction bestseller, The Devil’s Pleasure Palace. He lives in rural New England and remote coastal Ireland.

'Bombs Over Tokyo,' and How They Got There

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