Author: Roger Chesneau
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473831644
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This fully illustrated guide offers historical context and step-by-step instruction for building and modifying US aircraft carrier models. This volume in the ShipCraft series covers the Yorktown class of American aircraft carriers. These legendary ships kept the Japanese at bay through World War II, in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, where the USS Yorktown herself was lost. The USS Hornet launched the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan before being sunk at Santa Cruz in October 1942, but the USS Enterprise survived the fierce fighting of the early war years to become the US Navy's most decorated ship. This lavishly illustrated guide takes readers through a brief history of the development and careers of the Yorktown class. With its unparalleled level of visual information—including paint schemes, line drawings and photographs—it is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build one of these famous carriers.
Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers
Author: Roger Chesneau
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473831644
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This fully illustrated guide offers historical context and step-by-step instruction for building and modifying US aircraft carrier models. This volume in the ShipCraft series covers the Yorktown class of American aircraft carriers. These legendary ships kept the Japanese at bay through World War II, in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, where the USS Yorktown herself was lost. The USS Hornet launched the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan before being sunk at Santa Cruz in October 1942, but the USS Enterprise survived the fierce fighting of the early war years to become the US Navy's most decorated ship. This lavishly illustrated guide takes readers through a brief history of the development and careers of the Yorktown class. With its unparalleled level of visual information—including paint schemes, line drawings and photographs—it is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build one of these famous carriers.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473831644
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This fully illustrated guide offers historical context and step-by-step instruction for building and modifying US aircraft carrier models. This volume in the ShipCraft series covers the Yorktown class of American aircraft carriers. These legendary ships kept the Japanese at bay through World War II, in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, where the USS Yorktown herself was lost. The USS Hornet launched the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan before being sunk at Santa Cruz in October 1942, but the USS Enterprise survived the fierce fighting of the early war years to become the US Navy's most decorated ship. This lavishly illustrated guide takes readers through a brief history of the development and careers of the Yorktown class. With its unparalleled level of visual information—including paint schemes, line drawings and photographs—it is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build one of these famous carriers.
The Fighting Lady
Author: Clark G. Reynolds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A pictorial history of Yorktown in the Pacific theatre WW II.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A pictorial history of Yorktown in the Pacific theatre WW II.
Titans of the Seas
Author: James H. Belote
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Two naval historians follow carrier warfare in the Pacific through Coral Sea, Midway, Easter Solomons, Santa Cruz and the climatic Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Two naval historians follow carrier warfare in the Pacific through Coral Sea, Midway, Easter Solomons, Santa Cruz and the climatic Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944.
USS Yorktown (CV10)
Author: Norman Friedman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780915268085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780915268085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
USS Yorktown
Author: Barbara Stahura
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 156311397X
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 156311397X
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Choosing Courage
Author: Peter Collier
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579656609
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
How does an ordinary person become a hero? It happens in a split second, a moment of focus and clarity, when a choice is made. Here are the gripping accounts of Medal of Honor recipients who demonstrated guts and selflessness on the battlefield and confronted life-threatening danger to make a difference. There are the stories of George Sakato and Vernon Baker—both of whom overcame racial discrimination to enlist in the army during World War II (Sakato was a second-generation Japanese American, Baker an African American) and went on to prove that heroes come in all colors—and Clint Romesha, who led his outnumbered fellow soldiers against a determined enemy to prevent the Taliban from taking over a remote U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan. Also included are civilians who have been honored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation for outstanding acts of bravery in crisis situations, from a school shooting to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Adding depth and context are illuminating essays on the combat experience and its aftermath, covering topics such as overcoming fear; a mother mourning the loss of her son; and “surviving hell” as a prisoner of war.
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579656609
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
How does an ordinary person become a hero? It happens in a split second, a moment of focus and clarity, when a choice is made. Here are the gripping accounts of Medal of Honor recipients who demonstrated guts and selflessness on the battlefield and confronted life-threatening danger to make a difference. There are the stories of George Sakato and Vernon Baker—both of whom overcame racial discrimination to enlist in the army during World War II (Sakato was a second-generation Japanese American, Baker an African American) and went on to prove that heroes come in all colors—and Clint Romesha, who led his outnumbered fellow soldiers against a determined enemy to prevent the Taliban from taking over a remote U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan. Also included are civilians who have been honored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation for outstanding acts of bravery in crisis situations, from a school shooting to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Adding depth and context are illuminating essays on the combat experience and its aftermath, covering topics such as overcoming fear; a mother mourning the loss of her son; and “surviving hell” as a prisoner of war.
Phase One: Marvel's The Avengers
Author: Alex Irvine
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316383627
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Gathered together by S.H.I.E.L.D, Captain America, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye must protect the world from ultimate destruction. Join the action as these Super Heroes battle against Loki and his army for the fate of mankind as told in Marvel's The Avengers. Re-live all of The Avengers' individual stories before they reassemble in Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316383627
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Gathered together by S.H.I.E.L.D, Captain America, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye must protect the world from ultimate destruction. Join the action as these Super Heroes battle against Loki and his army for the fate of mankind as told in Marvel's The Avengers. Re-live all of The Avengers' individual stories before they reassemble in Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.
USS Yorktown (CV-10).
Author: Robert F. Sumrall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780929521459
Category : Nitro (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Nitro was built in 1917 to produce explosives for World War I. It is situated on the border of Kanawha and Putnam counties, although most of the town seems to be in Kanawha County.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780929521459
Category : Nitro (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Nitro was built in 1917 to produce explosives for World War I. It is situated on the border of Kanawha and Putnam counties, although most of the town seems to be in Kanawha County.
Essex Class Aircraft Carriers of the Second World War
Author: Steve Backer
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848320183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The latest volume covers the hugely important American carrier of the Second World War. Built in larger numbers than any fleet carrier before or since, the Essex class can claim to be the US Navy's most significant weapon in the defeat of Japan. Carrying up to 100 aircraft and capable of absorbing enormous punishment (not one was sunk), they spearheaded the Fast Carrier Task Forces for most of the Pacific War.??The heavily illustrated work contains everything a modeller needs to know about this prolific class.
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848320183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The latest volume covers the hugely important American carrier of the Second World War. Built in larger numbers than any fleet carrier before or since, the Essex class can claim to be the US Navy's most significant weapon in the defeat of Japan. Carrying up to 100 aircraft and capable of absorbing enormous punishment (not one was sunk), they spearheaded the Fast Carrier Task Forces for most of the Pacific War.??The heavily illustrated work contains everything a modeller needs to know about this prolific class.
Pacific Carrier
Author: Ruben P. Kitchen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877853630
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877853630
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description