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Battlefire! : combat stories from World War II /
"" Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941: High on the bridge of the USS West Virginia Sfc. Lee Ebner was looking forward to the end of his watch and a relaxed Sunday morning breakfast. But the two low-flying planes painted with rising sun insignia and bearing down on the ship had other plans for...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1997]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "" Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941: High on the bridge of the USS West Virginia Sfc. Lee Ebner was looking forward to the end of his watch and a relaxed Sunday morning breakfast. But the two low-flying planes painted with rising sun insignia and bearing down on the ship had other plans for him and his fellow seamen. Ten hours later, at Clark Field in the Philippines, Pfc. Jack Reed felt the brunt of another Japanese air attack and within weeks found himself a part of the gruesome Bataan Death March that was to claim the lives of hundred of his comrades. On another continent, four years into |
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| Notas: | Wartime experiences of twelve Kentuckians based on interviews the author held with them. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813145990 0813145996 9780813146003 0813146003 |