Finish forty and home
Subtitle: the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific
By: Phil Scearce
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series; Mayborn literary nonfiction series -- no. 5.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press; Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781574413168
Subjects: United States; B-24 bomber; Military History; Campaigns; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; Radar operators; Soldiers; United States. Army; Radio operators; Biography; History
Description: The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Sergeant at seventeen; title: Hawaii; title: First mission; title: Nauru; title: Air raid; title: Chance; title: May 1943; title: The squadron's objectives; title: The Pacific preferred; title: Softening Tarawa; title: Forever consequences; title: Losing altitude fast; title: Back to Hawaii; title: Last flights; title: Ask the man who owns one; title: The meaning of boxes; title: Guam; title: Back in business; title: Halfway to forty; title: January 1945; title: Endings for some; title: Epilogue.