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Flyboys, a true story of courage, James Bradley

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Flyboys, a true story of courage, James Bradley
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-378) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
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illustrationsplates
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index present
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non fiction
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Flyboys
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bibliography
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James Bradley
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a true story of courage
Summary
Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers--Navy and Marine airmen sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there--were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on Chichi Jima and held prisoner. Then they disappeared
Table Of Contents
Declassified -- Civilize-ation -- Spirit war -- The third dimension -- The rape of China -- The ABCD encirclement -- Flyboys -- doing the impossible -- Airpower -- Yellow devils, white devils -- To the Pacific -- Carrier war -- No mans land -- No surrender -- Kichiku -- Fire war -- Enduring the unendurable -- Casualties of war
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