LEADER 03432nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910781686603321 005 20230725050907.0 010 $a1-283-39500-2 010 $a9786613395009 010 $a1-57441-437-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000042632 035 $a(EBL)826395 035 $a(OCoLC)754717985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000529992 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11322665 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000529992 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10561687 035 $a(PQKB)10664330 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC826395 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15263 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL826395 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10490710 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL339500 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000042632 100 $a20110418d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFinish forty and home$b[electronic resource] $ethe untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific /$fPhil Scearce 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDenton, Tex. $cUniversity of North Texas Press $cMayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 225 1 $aNumber 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57441-316-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aDuring the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the war. They faced determined Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft fire with no deviations from target, and thousands of miles of over-water flying with no alternative landing sites. Finish Forty and Home is the true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe. After bombin 410 0$aMayborn literary nonfiction series ;$vno. 5. 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aRadio operators$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aRadar operators$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aB-24 (Bomber)$xHistory 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPacific Area$xAerial operations, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Area 607 $aPacific Area$xHistory, Military$y20th century 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aRadio operators 615 0$aRadar operators 615 0$aB-24 (Bomber)$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/4973092 676 $aB 700 $aScearce$b Phil$f1962-$01581956 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781686603321 996 $aFinish forty and home$93863863 997 $aUNINA