Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun

• Complete account of airborne operations in the Pacific theater
• Firsthand descriptions from American and Japanese paratroopers
• Detailed maps illustrate battles

From the attack on Pearl Harbor through Japan's surrender, the Americans and Japanese conducted a total of twelve combat parachute drops in the Pacific theater of World War II. Filling a glaring gap in the historical record of the war, Gene Eric Salecker recounts all twelve drops, highlighting the courage of paratroopers on both sides.