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Finish forty and home the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific /

Main Author: Scearce, Phil, 1962-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, c2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series
Subjects:
Scearce, Herman, > 1925-
Soldiers > United States
Radio operators > United States
Radar operators > United States
B-24 (Bomber) > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American. > Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
Pacific Area > History, Military > 20th century.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10490710
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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.

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