Finish Forty and Home The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific / [Recurso electrónico] :
Phil Scearce.
- 1st ed.
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 373 p. :) ill. ;
- Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series .
- Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 5. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.
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.
Libro Electrónico
9781574414370
Scearce, Herman, 1925-
United States. Army --Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.--Pacific Area B-24 bomber--History. Radar operators--United States--Biography. Radio operators--United States--Biography. Soldiers--United States--Biography.