Collection type | Library |
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Author | Murray, Gil, 1925-; |
Call Number | 940.548671 M982 |
Document type | Monograph |
Year | 2001. |
Pagination | 302 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. |
Publisher | Dundurn Press, |
Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-302) |
Place made | Toronto ; Oxford : |
The invisible war : the untold secret story of Number One Canadian Special Wireless Group, Royal Canadian Signal Corps, 1944-1946 / Gil Murray.
Abstract
Canada joins the Pacific war -- How special wireless began -- Top secrets and Japanese Kana -- The last trip home -- San Francisco over the hill -- The troopship as floating theatre -- Magic in the torrid zone -- Bogged down in Brisbane -- Secret tricks o f "Magic" -- By train and truck to the Outback -- Under the Spitfire''s wing -- The pride of Harry Wethey -- Hot sun and hockey sticks -- Keeping the computers fed -- The best of Tokyo Rose -- After the bomb -- Rolling down the bitumen -- Alice and the Gha n -- Trucking through the south -- The capture of Sydney -- All aboard "Socotra" -- Welcome to Vancouver.
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Subjects
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Special Wireless Group, no. 1 History. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Signal Corps. Candian Special Wireless Group, Number One History.
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Special Wireless Group, no. 1 History.
- World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - Canada. - Communications.
- World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - Canada.
- World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Area.