LEADER 00783nam0 2200289 450 001 9910348757703321 005 20191125160216.0 010 $a9781118280287 100 $a20191125d2018----km y0itay50 ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 105 $a 001yy 200 1 $aVeterinary Epidemiology$fMichael Thrusfield ... [et al.] 205 $a4. edizione 210 $aHoboken$cWiley$d2018 215 $aXXIV, 864 p.$cill.$d28 cm 454 0$12001 610 0 $aEpidemiologia veterinaria 676 $a636.08944$v22$zita 702 1$aThrusfield,$bMichael 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gREICAT$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a9910348757703321 952 $a636.08944 THR 1$b376$fFMVBC 959 $aFMVBC 996 $aVeterinary Epidemiology$91566426 997 $aUNINA LEADER 02741nam 2200541 450 001 9910148646103321 005 20230808200221.0 010 $a0-316-33939-3 010 $a0-316-31222-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000921386 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5362470 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000921386 100 $a20180609d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndestructible $eone man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII /$fJohn R. Bruning 210 1$aNew York :$cHachette Books,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 523 pages, (large print) 8 unnumbered pages plates) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a0-316-33940-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 2 $a"This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese 606 $aRescues$zPhilippines$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAeronautics, Military$xTechnological innovations$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPrisoners of war$zPhilippines$vBiography 606 $aAmericans$zPhilippines$vBiography 606 $aAir pilots$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese. 615 0$aRescues$xHistory 615 0$aAeronautics, Military$xTechnological innovations$xHistory 615 0$aPrisoners of war 615 0$aAmericans 615 0$aAir pilots 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American. 676 $a940.544973092 686 $aHIS027100$2bisacsh 700 $aBruning$b John R.$01215909 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910148646103321 996 $aIndestructible$92809654 997 $aUNINA