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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Welcome Aboard USS New Jersey (BB 62)
Author: All Hands
Author: Recommissioning USS New Jersey (BB-62), 28 December 1982, Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Author: USS New Jersey (BB 62)
Author: Intrepid Aviators
Author: Gregory G. FletcherPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101586966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 643
Book Description
The true story of the World War II Pacific naval battle that pitted the USS Intrepid’s naval aviators against Japan’s superbattleship Musashi during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. October 24, 1944: As World War II raged, six young American bombers from Torpedo Squadron 18 were sent on a search-and-destroy mission in the Sibuyan Sea. Their target: the superbattleship Musashi, the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship from inflicting damage on American supply ships. Little did these men know that they had embarked on the opening round of history’s greatest—and last—epic naval battle. Two bomber crews launched in the first wave of attackers were shot out of the sky. Only pilot Will Fletcher survived the crash landing. Adrift at sea, Will made his way to land and escaped into the jungles of the Philippines, where he eluded capture by the Japanese with the help of Filipino guerrillas, whose ranks he joined to fight against their common enemy. Intrepid Aviators is the thrilling true story of these brave bomber pilots, their daring duel with the Musashi, and Will Fletcher’s struggle to survive as a guerrilla soldier. The sinking of Musashi inflicted a crucial blow in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and marked the first time in history that aviators sank a Japanese battleship on the high seas.
USS New Jersey (Battleship: BB-62).
Author: USS New Jersey
Author: Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563112566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
(From the introduction) The ensuing chapters will trace the history of one battleship, the USS New Jersey, BB62, in its participation in four wars and duty between wars. The New Jersey story, 1940-91, epitomizes the saga of the American battleship, that versatile, durable dreadnought whose regal bearing made her in any company and any circumstances the Queen of the Sea.
The U. S. S. New Jersey (BB-62)
Author: A. Lani LowPublisher:
ISBN: 9780910651080
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Battleship, Surface Strike at Sea
Author: New Jersey (Battleship : BB-62)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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