02780nam 2200613 a 450 991045136990332120200520144314.01-282-48578-41-60473-054-41-4237-3206-5(CKB)1000000000457586(EBL)515615(OCoLC)62266043(SSID)ssj0000217394(PQKBManifestationID)11175015(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217394(PQKBWorkID)10202058(PQKB)11226485(MdBmJHUP)muse13694(MiAaPQ)EBC515615(Au-PeEL)EBL515615(CaPaEBR)ebr10157875(CaONFJC)MIL248515(EXLCZ)99100000000045758620031114d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPacific skies[electronic resource] American flyers in World War II /Jerome KlinkowitzJackson University Press of Mississippi20041 online resource (308 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57806-652-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: A World Away from War; GOING TO WAR IN PEACETIME; AN AIR WAR AT SEA AND ON LAND; TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC; ENDGAME: Kamikazes and the Bombing of Japan; CONCLUSION: Dimensions Moral and More; Bibliography; IndexWorld War II ̈ Aviation-->. From 1941 to 1945 the skies over the Pacific Ocean afforded the broadest arena for battle and the fiercest action of air combat during World War II. It was in the air above the Pacific that America's involvement in the war began. It was in these skies that air power launched from carriers became a new form of engagement and where the war ultimately ended with kamikaze attacks and with atomic bombs dropped over Japan. Throughout the conflict American flyers felt a compelling call to supplement the official news and military reports. In vivid accounts written soon aftWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsPacific OceanWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, American.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945940.54/25Klinkowitz Jerome174054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451369903321Pacific skies2188842UNINA