The Kamikaze Hunters
Fighting for the Pacific, 1945
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description: x, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
"Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rather choose death than a dishonorable defeat,"--NoveList.
Contents:
Flying sailors -- They were like gods -- Wakey-wakey, rise and shine, show a leg -- Bags of food and lights and girls -- Wings -- they don't know what they want and they won't be happy till they get it -- Flat-hatters -- Blooded -- Flat tops -- An enterprise of the first magnitude -- The balloons go up -- The jitter effect -- The body crashers -- April fools -- A formidable return -- Little yellow baskets -- Breaking point -- The absolute full -- The final onslaught.
Subjects:
Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kgekitai.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
Kamikaze pilots -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Warships -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kgekitai.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
Kamikaze pilots -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Warships -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781681771670
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Aerial Ire | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWII Aerial Ire | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-370) and index.