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03348aam a2200385 a 4500 001 89FE1C50B67311E4914E0686DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150217010419 008 091204s2010 txuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2009051151 020 $a 160344176X (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781603441766 040 $a TXA/DLC $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D767.7 $b .B376 2010 082 00 $a 940.54/25982 $2 22 100 1 $a Bartsch, William H., $d 1933- 245 10 $a Every day a nightmare $b American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 $c William H. Bartsch. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a College Station : $b Texas A&M University Press, $c c2010. 300 $a xxii, 506 p. $b ill., maps $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-458) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue. Never in our history has there been a time like the present -- Plans for reaching you quickly with pursuit are jeopardized -- We are virtually a floating ammunition dump -- We came 4,700 miles and are pigeon-holed! -- The news from Wavell is all bad -- There goes our ferry route -- Second lieutenants are expendable -- You are not forgotten men -- A collection of the worst landings I have ever seen -- I'm all shot to hell! -- These guys are really inexperienced -- Someone is crazy! This is murder! -- I deeply regret failure to hold Abda Area -- I was thoroughly enjoying myself -- Nothing will ever happen to me -- He was wholly unrecognizable -- How can we operate against such odds? -- Every day a nightmare! -- Nothing less than desertion -- Thousands of men gone completely mad -- Senseless in all senses -- Give us 24 hours to get out of this God-damned place! -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Table 1. Pilots of 21st Pursuit Squadron -- Table 2. Pilots of 34th Pursuit Squadron -- Table 3. Pilots of 35th pursuit group -- Table 4. Pilots of 14th, 20th and 51st pursuit groups -- Table 5. Philippines pursuit pilots sent to Australia -- Table 6. Pilots and aircraft of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 7. Pilots of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 8. Pilots and aircraft of 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 9. Pilots and aircraft of 33rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 10. Pilots of 13th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 11. Enlisted men of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 12. Enlisted men of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 13. Enlisted men of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 14. Personnel embarked on USS Langley -- Table 15. Japanese aircraft shot down or badly damaged. 610 10 $a United States $b Army $x History $y World War, 1939-1945 610 10 $a United States $b Air Corps $b Air Corps $x History 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Java $z Java 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Regimental histories $z United States 650 0 $a Fighter pilots $z United States $x History $y 20th century 830 0 $a Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series $v no. 131. 941 $a 1 952 $l BWPD851 $d 20210714012454.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=89FE1C50B67311E4914E0686DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search