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"" 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kelly, Arthur L., 1925-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1997]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Military campaigns.
Armed Forces.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Kentucky.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles.
World War, 1939-1945 > Kentucky.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns.
United States.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Biographies.
Kentucky > Biography.
United States > Armed Forces > Biography.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pearl Harbor, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa : signalman 1st class Lee Ebner, U.S. Navy
  • The Bataan Death March and Camp Cabanatuan : corporal Field Reed Jr., tanker, U.S. Army
  • Kamikaze attacks in the Pacific : lieutenant John Barrows, aircraft carrier pilot, U.S. Navy
  • Monte Pantano, Monte Cassino, and beyond : lieutenant colonel Benjamin Butler, infantryman, U.S. Army
  • The air war over Germany and Stalag 17 : sergeant Bernell S. Heaton, B-17 bomber gunner, U.S. Army Air Force
  • Normandy, Holland, Bastogne, and Stalag 4B : captain Willis P. McKee, airborne surgeon, U.S. Army
  • New Guinea and the Philippines : technician fourth class Thomas W. Murphy, combat medic, U.S. Army
  • Normandy and Lorraine : staff sergeant Paul Mudd, infantryman, U.S. Army
  • Depth-charge attacks in the Pacific : torpedoman first class Hanly Davis, submariner, U.S. Navy
  • Bastogne and Germany : technician third class Robert Haney, radio operator, U.S. Army
  • Iwo Jima : Paul and Joe Simms, U.S. Marine Corps, and hometown friends.

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