Finish forty and home : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific /

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During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the war. They faced determined Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft fire with no deviations from target...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scearce, Phil, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, ©2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 5.
Temas:
Scearce, Herman, > 1925-
United States. > Army > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army
1900-1999
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Radio operators > United States > Biography.
Radar operators > United States > Biography.
B-24 (Bomber) > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
Radiotélégraphistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Radaristes > États-Unis > Biographies.
B-24 (Bombardier) > Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Pacifique, Océan.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military operations, Aerial > American.
B-24 (Bomber)
Military campaigns
Radar operators
Radio operators
Soldiers
Pacific Area > History, Military > 20th century.
Pacifique, Région du > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
Pacific Area
United States
Biographies.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Sergeant at seventeen
  • Hawaii
  • First mission
  • Nauru
  • Air raid
  • Chance
  • May 1943
  • The squadron's objectives
  • The Pacific preferred
  • Softening Tarawa
  • Forever consequences
  • Losing altitude fast
  • Back to Hawaii
  • Last flights
  • Ask the man who owns one
  • The meaning of boxes
  • Guam
  • Back in business
  • Halfway to forty
  • January 1945
  • Endings for some
  • Epilogue.

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