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200 10$aPacific skies$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican flyers in World War II /$fJerome Klinkowitz
210   $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (308 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-57806-652-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aWorld 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 aft
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