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Author:

Kleiss, N. Jack, 1916-2016, author.

Title:

Never call me a hero : a legendary American dive-bomber pilot remembers the Battle of Midway / N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, with Timothy and Laura Orr.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Kleiss, N. Jack,--1916-2016.
United States.--Scouting Squadron Six--Scouting Squadron Six--Biography.
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)
Midway, Battle of, 1942--Personal narratives, American.
Dive bomber pilots--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
Autobiographies.
Personal Narratives.

Other Authors:

Orr, Timothy J., author.
Orr, Laura Lawfer, author.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Foreword / by Jill Kleiss -- Introduction / by Norman Jack Kleiss -- Kansas childhood, 1916-1932 -- The lure of flight, 1932-1934 -- Midshipman, 1934-1938 -- Finding love, 1938-1939 -- The Navy's surface fleet, 1939-1940 -- Flight training, 1940-1941 -- Scouting Squadron Six, part 1, May-June 1941 -- Scouting Squadron Six, part 2, June-November 1941 -- The Pacific War begins, November 1941-January 1942 -- The battle of the Marshall Islands, February 1942 -- Wake and Marcus Islands, February-March 1942 -- Return to the central Pacific, March-June 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 1, the morning attack, June 4, 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 2, the afternoon attack, June 4, 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 3, June 5 and 6, 1942 -- Return to the States, June-October 1942 -- Flight instructor, 1942-1945 -- My life after the Second World War, 1946-1976 -- Remembering Midway, 1976-2016 -- Afterword / by Timothy J. Orr -- Appendix: Roster, Scouting Squadron Six, May 1941 to June 1942.

ISBN:

0062692054
9780062692054

OCLC:

(OCoLC)969370304

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