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Author:

Scearce, Phil, 1962-

Title:

Finish forty and home : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / Phil Scearce.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of North Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiv, 373 p. cm.

Subject:

Scearce, Herman,--1925-
United States--Army--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
B-24 bomber--History.
Radio operators--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
Radar operators--United States--Biography.
Pacific Area--History, Military--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-360) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Sergeant at seventeen -- Hawaii -- First mission -- Nauru -- Air raid -- Chance -- May 1943 -- The squadron's objectives -- The Pacific preferred -- Softening Tarawa -- Forever consequences -- Losing altitude fast -- Back to Hawaii -- Last flights -- Ask the man who owns one -- The meaning of boxes -- Guam -- Back in business -- Halfway to forty -- January 1945 -- Endings for some -- Epilogue.

Series:

Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series

ISBN:

1574413163 ((cloth : alk. paper) :) :
9781574413168 ((cloth : alk. paper) :) :

LCCN:

2011016700

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

WUPB305 -- Arnolds Park Public Library (Arnolds Park)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)