Torpedo Squadron Four: A Cockpit View of World War II
Publisher: New Mexico State University
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Las Cruces, NM, USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
Copyright date: 1990
Table of contents: title: List of Photographs; title: Preface; title: 1. Operation Leader: Initiation Over Norway; title: 2. Origins of Torpedo Four; title: 3. The North Atlantic; title: 4. Change in Command; title: 5. Tragedy Strikes Night Operations; title: 6. The Pacific Theater; title: 7. Introduction to the Philippines; title: 8. Cavite and Manila Harbor; title: 9. Bunker Hill: Recap and Critique; title: 10. Phylogeny of a Torpedo Pilot; title: 11. Shakedown on the Essex; title: 12. Essex Takes a Kamikaze; title: 13. San Fernando Harbor; title: 14. Meanwhile, Back on the Ranch; title: 15. A Question of Security; title: 16. Support for Mindoro Occupation; title: 17. Flying Conditions Average; title: 18. Marines Replace Dive Bombers; title: 19. Forbidding Formosa; title: 20. More Strikes on Philippines; title: 21. US Landings on Luzon; title: 22. South China Sea; title: 23. Saigon Takes Its Toll; title: 24. Air Group Commander Lost: Pescadores; title: 25. In the Drink; title: 26. From the China Sea to Formosa; title: 27. Premonition at Amami O Shima; title: 28. En Route to Tokyo; title: 29. Window and Jammers over Japan; title: 30. Iwo Jima; title: 31. Bombs and Propaganda for Japan; title: 32. Okinawa; title: 33. More Kamikazes at Ulithi; title: 34. Torpedo Four Heads Stateside; title: 35. World Again at Peace; title: 36. Readjustment; title: Appendix: Abbreviations; title: Index of Names; title: Index of Places, Ships, Etc