02599oam 2200613 450 991071508380332120210602120035.0(CKB)5470000002507205(OCoLC)1154086273(OCoLC)1237212023(OCoLC)1240168534(EXLCZ)99547000000250720520200501d2020 ua 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrier"An honorable place in American air power" Civil Air Patrol coastal patrol operations, 1942-1943 /Frank A. Blazich, JrMaxwell Air Force Base, Alabama :Air University Press,2020.1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) illustrations (some color), maps (1 color)1-58566-305-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Origins of the Civil Air Patrol -- 3. Paukenschlag and the CAP Experiment -- 4. Learning and expansion -- 5. From Main to Mexico -- 6. Challenges and transitions -- 7. Past reflections and future possibilities."Military historian and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member Frank A. Blazich Jr. collects oral and written histories of the CAP's short-lived--but influential--coastal air patrol operations of World War II and expands it in a scholarly monograph that cements the legacy of this vital civil-military cooperative effort"--Provided by publisher.Honorable place in American air power" Air defensesUnited StatesHistoryCivil defenseUnited StatesHistoryAnti-submarine warfareUnited StatesHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945United StatesAir defensesfastAnti-submarine warfarefastCivil defensefastUnited StatesfastHistory.fastAir defensesHistory.Civil defenseHistory.Anti-submarine warfareHistory.World War, 1939-1945Air defenses.Anti-submarine warfare.Civil defense.358.41450973Blazich Frank A.Jr.,1372102Air University (U.S.).Press,DLCDLCOCLCOOCLCFGPOAJBGPOBOOK9910715083803321"An honorable place in American air power"3402063UNINA