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HISTORY / World Pacific Area Rickenbacker, Eddie 1890-1973 Soldiers United States Biography United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. United States. Navy Biography World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, AmericanAbraham, Philip
Summary: Relates the courage of John F. Kennedy during World War II, especially in saving his crew when they were stranded in the South Pacific after their PT boat was rammed by a Japanese warship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5459 ABRDonovan, Robert J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1980
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Summary: "An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the face of an increasingly desperate enemy during the final year of World War II. Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named after her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 JONHynes, Samuel Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F.C. Beil 1988
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brassey's (US) 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 PRASummary: The history of the War in the Pacific comes vividly to life in the words of those who witnessed it first hand. The editors create for the reader, as the veterans themselves recall it, what that war was like-how it looked, felt, smelled, and sounded.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 PACWhitlock, Flint.
Contents: Black Sunday -- The fruits of war -- A tough row to hoe -- Hell on earth -- Damn these torpedoes! -- School days -- The end of the beginning -- Ready for war -- At home in the caboose -- Abortive attack -- Just stay loose -- Feather merchant third class -- The road to Tokyo -- The finest submarine commander -- The fate of the empire -- The death of innocents -- Return to the Philippines --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WHIWukovits, John F.
Summary: "The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash landing in the Pacific during World War II, and his incredible 23-day crusade to keep his crew alive"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Caliber 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WUKHenderson, Bruce
Summary: One of the last, great untold stories of World War II--kept hidden for decades--even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various archives--a gripping true tale of courage and adventure from Bruce Henderson, master storyteller, historian, and New York Times best-selling author of Sons and Soldiers--the saga of the Japanese...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022