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Author:

Moore, Stephen L.,.

Title:

Pacific Payback : the Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway / Stephen L. Moore.

Publisher:

New American Library

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--Scouting Squadron Six.--Scouting Squadron Six.
United States--Bombing Squadron Six.--Bombing Squadron Six.
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6.)
1939 - 1945.
Midway, Battle of, 1942.
Dauntless (Dive bomber.)
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index.

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.".

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.

ISBN:

0451465539
9780451465535

OCLC:

(OCoLC)893895033

Locations:

CHPB482 -- North English Public Library (North English)