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01900aam a22002898i 4500 001 5D13EC50561511EFB84930EA30ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240809010137 008 230607s2022 ctua 000|0|eng|d 020 $a 1493066706 020 $a 9781493066704 (pbk.) 040 $a StDuBDS $b eng $c StDuBDS $e rda $d BTCAT $d SILO 082 04 $a 940.5426 DAC 100 1 $a Dacus, Jeff, $e author. 245 14 $a The Fighting Corsairs : $b the men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 in the Pacific during WWII / $c Jeff Dacus. 263 $a 202210 264 1 $a Guilford : $b The Lyons Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 296 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 23 cm 366 $b 20221001 $c Available 520 8 $a From historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese. $b From historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a thrilling narrative of the Marines who lived, and died, during the toughest battles of the entire war. It looks at the war through the eyes of some of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, including Bob Hanson, the "Maharajah of Rabaul," and highest scoring Corsair pilot in history. 610 14 $a United States. $b Marine Fighting Squadron 215. 650 4 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Pacific Area. 650 4 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 4 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Pacific Ocean. 941 $a 1 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20240809020133.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5D13EC50561511EFB84930EA30ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search