Check out the book

A Photographic Record of The War In The Pacific From Pearl Harbor To V-J Day. By Ralph Martin.

Doesn't tell you much about weapons or tactics, but it does a great job of telling you what happened. It also has alot of pictures

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"Family, friends, religion. These are the demons you must slay if you are to become successfull in bussiness. When opportunity knocks, you don't want to be sitting in some phoney-baloney church... or a SINAGOGUE!" - Montgomery Burns