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04062aam a22004698i 4500 001 8A904922311B11EA8C81054697128E48 003 SILO 005 20200107010116 008 190514t20192019enkab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1472833236 020 $a 9781472833235 035 $a (OCoLC)1108714529 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d JOZ $d JAO $d OCLCQ $d COH $d JIM $d SILO 043 $a p------ $a p------ 082 04 $a 940.5426 $2 23 100 1 $a Yenne, Bill, $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a MacArthur's air force : $b American airpower over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-51 / $c Bill Yenne. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Osprey Publishing, $c 2019. 300 $a 320 pages (32 unnumbered pages of plates) : $b illustrations (black and white), maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index. 505 0 $a The field marshal's Air Force -- Into the crosshairs of calamity -- For whatever came next -- A shoestring Air Force -- Battle line and Port Moresby -- Hitting the ground running -- Closing in on Buna and Gona by land, air, and airlift -- On the rim of the Bismarck Sea -- Fighter boys -- Cartwheel over the Bismarck Rim -- Cartwheel over Rabaul -- The races of aces -- Stepping stones to Hollandia -- Leaping north to Leyte -- Air war over Leyte -- Balikpapan, the Polesti of the Pacific -- The bloody road to Manila -- The superfortress -- Climax in the Southwest Pacific -- The last stepping stones to Japan -- Operation Downfall -- Ultimate downfall -- Americans in Japan -- The Shogun and his Air Force -- Land of morning surprises -- Korean disaster, Korean deliverance -- From a position of strength -- Reversal of fortune -- The final act. 520 $a "General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the twentieth century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked. When World War II ended, the three numbered air forces (the Fifth, Thirteenth and Seventh) under his command possessed 4,004 combat aircraft, 433 reconnaissance aircraft, and 922 transports. After being humbled by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942, MacArthur and his air chief General George Kenney rebuilt the US aerial presence in the Pacific, helping Allied naval and ground forces to push back the Japanese Air Force, re-take the Philippines, and carry the war north towards the Home Islands. Following the end of World War II MacArthur was the highest military and political authority in Japan, and at the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 he was named as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command. In the ten months of his command his Far East Air Forces increased dramatically and saw the first aerial combat between jet fighters."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a MacArthur, Douglas, $d 1880-1964 $x Military leadership. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force, 5th. $b Air Force, 5th. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force, 13th. $b Air Force, 13th. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force, 7th. $b Air Force, 7th. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Pacific Area. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 600 17 $a MacArthur, Douglas, $d 1880-1964. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00035285 610 17 $a United States. $b Air Force, 13th. $b Air Force, 13th. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00565225 610 17 $a United States. $b Air Force, 5th. $b Air Force, 5th. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00597620 610 17 $a United States. $b Air Force, 7th. $b Air Force, 7th. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533691 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 7 $a Command of troops. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869220 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710199 651 7 $a Pacific Area. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01243504 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409034400.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8A904922311B11EA8C81054697128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search