Operation Ivory Soap IMAGES OF AMERICA (9781467163408) Softcover by Arcadia Publishing

Images of America: Operation Ivory Soap - (9781467163408)

Features

• 128 pages
• Images throughout
• Softcover
• Book dimensions are 6.5 x 9.25

In 1944 as the Allied forces advanced across the vast Pacific Ocean toward Japan the US Army could not relocate the large aircraft repair depots fast enough to keep up with the front line. Thus Operation Ivory Soap was the Army's secret project to deploy ships capable of repairing and maintaining bombers and fighters at sea.

A specialized group of approximately 3000 Air Corps soldiers underwent unique training for their new nautical lifestyle. They jokingly referred to themselves as sailjers. The capabilities they brought to the Pacific proved vital to Allied success in World War II. These men served in Guam Tinian Saipan Iwo Jima and Okinawa but their journey began at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear Alabama. This is their story.