Author: Philip A. St. JohnPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563114925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
USS Essex CV/CVA/CVS-9
Author: Philip A. St. JohnPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563114925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Essex-class Carriers
Author: Alan RavenPublisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9780870210211
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Danger's Hour
Author: Maxwell Taylor KennedyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743260813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Drawing on years of research and firsthand interviews with both American and Japanese survivors, Maxwell Taylor Kennedy draws a gripping portrait of men bravely serving their countries in war and the advent of a terrifying new weapon, suicide bombing, that nearly halted the most powerful nation in the world. In the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new weapon: kamikazes--the first men to use airplanes as suicide weapons. By the beginning of 1945, facing imminent invasion, Japan turned to its most idealistic young men and demanded of them the greatest sacrifice. On May 11, 1945, days after Germany's surrender, the USS Bunker Hill--with thousands of crewmen and the most sophisticated naval technology available--was 70 miles off the coast of Okinawa when pilot Kiyoshi Ogawa flew his plane into the ship, killing 393 Americans in the worst suicide attack against America until September 11.--From publisher description.
All Hands
Author: Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author: United States. Internal Revenue ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1518
Book Description
Shift Colors
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Retired military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
David McCampbell
Author: David Lee RussellPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476677794
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
David McCampbell was the leader of the most successful naval air group in combat in World War II. An unequalled naval aviator, McCampbell shot down a total of 34 Japanese aircraft across numerous battles. Eventually awarded the Medal of Honor, he first served in the Atlantic as a carrier Landing Safety Officer, then as an air group leader in the Pacific theater. McCampbell's 31-year career reveals an astounding diversity of leadership roles and service assignments. McCampbell commanded ships, training centers and aircraft squadrons and held a variety of Navy and Defense Department senior staff positions.
Naval Aviation News
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Bay of Pigs
Author: Peter WydenPublisher: New York : Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780671240066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An account of the American attempt to overthrow the Castro government in Cuba through an invasion of the island in 1961.