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Author:

Tillman, Barrett.

Title:

Enterprise : America's fightingest ship and the men who helped win World War II / Barrett Tillman.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xv, 300 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Kearny, New Jersey, 1958 -- "I have done the state some service" (1938-1941) -- "Keep cool, keep your heads, and fight" (December 1941-May 1942) -- "Revenge, sweet revenge" (June 1942) -- "We didn't know a damned thing" (August 1942) -- "A fighting chance" (October 1942) -- "The most exciting part of your day" (November 1942-January 1943) -- "A long and teedjus journey" (February-December 1943) -- "If any of them lived it wasn't our fault" (January-June 1944) -- "Vector two seven zero" (June-July 1944) -- "Only human" (August-December 1944) -- "Live with great enthusiasm" (January-May 1945) -- "The Enterprise has a soul" (1945-1958).

ISBN:

1439190879 (hbk.)
9781439190876 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2011039886

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

TVPD862 -- Louise & Lucile Hink -Tama Public Library (Tama)