B-29s over Japan, 1944-1945
Subtitle: a group commander's diary
By: Samuel Russ Harris, Jr. ; edited by Robert A. Mann
Contributors: Mann, Robert A., 1930-
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780786462971
Subjects: United States; Diaries; United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Wing (VH), 73rd; B-29 (Bomber); Officers; Campaigns; American Personal narratives; Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army Air Forces; Biography; History
Description: "This diary details the life of Colonel Samuel R. Harris as a commander of one of the first B-29 Heavy Bombardment Groups to reach the Marianas Islands in 1944. The first section is an intimate portrait of war. The second half details the aspects of how the 73rd Bomb Wing was engaged in the war against Japan"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.