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Autore |
Scearce Phil <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Finish forty and home [[electronic resource] ] : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / / Phil Scearce |
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-39500-2 |
9786613395009 |
1-57441-437-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Collana |
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Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series |
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Soggetti |
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Soldiers - United States |
Radio operators - United States |
Radar operators - United States |
B-24 (Bomber) - History |
World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Area - Aerial operations, American |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Area |
Pacific Area History, Military 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, and thousands of miles of over-water flying with no alternative landing sites. Finish Forty and Home is the true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it |
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