Finish forty and home [electronic resource] : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / Phil Scearce.
Series: Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 5.Publication details: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 373 pSubject(s):- Scearce, Herman, 1925-
- United States. Army -- Biography
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Radio operators -- United States -- Biography
- Radar operators -- United States -- Biography
- B-24 (Bomber) -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- Pacific Area -- History, Military -- 20th century
- 940.54/4973092 B 22
- D767.9 .S39 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Sergeant at seventeen -- Hawaii -- First mission -- Nauru -- Air raid -- Chance -- May 1943 -- The squadron's objectives -- The Pacific preferred -- Softening Tarawa -- Forever consequences -- Losing altitude fast -- Back to Hawaii -- Last flights -- Ask the man who owns one -- The meaning of boxes -- Guam -- Back in business -- Halfway to forty -- January 1945 -- Endings for some -- Epilogue.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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