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Title:
The Kamikaze hunters : fighting for the Pacific, 1945
Summary:
"Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rather choose death than a dishonorable defeat,"--NoveList.
Edition:
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Contents:
Flying sailors -- They were like gods -- Wakey-wakey, rise and shine, show a leg -- Bags of food and lights and girls -- Wings -- they don't know what they want and they won't be happy till they get it -- Flat-hatters -- Blooded -- Flat tops -- An enterprise of the first magnitude -- The balloons go up -- The jitter effect -- The body crashers -- April fools -- A formidable return -- Little yellow baskets -- Breaking point -- The absolute full -- The final onslaught.
Physical Description:
x, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Publisher:
Pegasus Books,
Publication Date:
2016
ISBN:
9781681771670
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Call Number:
940.54 IREDALE
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