Kamikazes, corsairs and picket ships
Subtitle: Okinawa 1945
By: Robin Rielly
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Havertown, Pa; Newbury
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9781932033861; 9781935149415
Subjects: Campaigns; Pazifikkrieg (1941-1945); Operation (Militär); World War, 1939-1945
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-412) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of radar picket duty; title: Tin cans and gunboats; title: The aerial combatants; title: The ordeal begins; title: "They came in droves"; title: "The dead were the luckiest of us all"; title: "A hearty well-done"; title: "For conspicuous gallantry"; title: The final view: "The loses seem quite reasonable"; title: Appendix 1 : Ships damaged or sunk on radar picket duty; title: Appendix 2 : Ships serving on radar picket duty at Okinawa; title: Appendix 3 : Japanese aircraft; title: Appendix 4 : Japanese air bases.