Pacific payback : the carrier aviators who avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway /
Moore, Stephen L.
Pacific payback : the carrier aviators who avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway / Stephen L. Moore. - viii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index.
"We would have one helluva celebration" -- "Our world was shattered" -- The stuff -- "I was really upset" -- "We lost as much as we gained" -- Island raiders -- Arrival of the "new boys" -- "Something big was in the works" -- "God, this is it!" -- Five minutes of glory -- The deadly flights home -- The Japanese strike back -- The flying dragon strike -- "The little devil was most difficult to hit" -- "I wish I had just one more bomb."
Describes the fearless crew of the USS Enterprise whose offensive blow in the Marshall Islands against the Japanese led the turning of the tide during World War II.
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United States. Navy. Bombing Squadron Six.
United States. Navy. Scouting Squadron Six.
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)
Dauntless (Dive bomber)
Midway, Battle of, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
Pacific payback : the carrier aviators who avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway / Stephen L. Moore. - viii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index.
"We would have one helluva celebration" -- "Our world was shattered" -- The stuff -- "I was really upset" -- "We lost as much as we gained" -- Island raiders -- Arrival of the "new boys" -- "Something big was in the works" -- "God, this is it!" -- Five minutes of glory -- The deadly flights home -- The Japanese strike back -- The flying dragon strike -- "The little devil was most difficult to hit" -- "I wish I had just one more bomb."
Describes the fearless crew of the USS Enterprise whose offensive blow in the Marshall Islands against the Japanese led the turning of the tide during World War II.
0451465520 0451465539 (pbk) 9780451465528 9780451465535 (pbk)
2013046133
United States. Navy. Bombing Squadron Six.
United States. Navy. Scouting Squadron Six.
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)
Dauntless (Dive bomber)
Midway, Battle of, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.