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Pacific payback, the carrier aviators who avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway, Stephen L. Moore

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Pacific payback, the carrier aviators who avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway, Stephen L. Moore
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmapsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Pacific payback
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
861673774
Responsibility statement
Stephen L. Moore
Sub title
the carrier aviators who avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway
Summary
Describes the fearless crew of the USS Enterprise whose offensive blow in the Marshall Islands against the Japanese led the turning of the tide during World War II
Table Of Contents
"We would have one helluva celebration" -- "Our world was shattered" -- The stuff -- "I was really upset" -- "We lost as much as we gained" -- Island raiders -- Arrival of the "new boys" -- "Something big was in the works" -- "God, this is it!" -- Five minutes of glory -- The deadly flights home -- The Japanese strike back -- The flying dragon strike -- "The little devil was most difficult to hit" -- "I wish I had just one more bomb."
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