| Series |
Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series
Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 5. ^A1091846
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| 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. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011016700 |
| ISBN | 9781574413168 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1574413163 (cloth : alk. paper) |
