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War Double FeatureSummary: They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THEHeatter, Basil
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 HEADeutermann, Peter T.
Summary: "A gripping and authentic World War II naval adventure by a master storyteller The Hooligans fictionalizes the little-known but remarkable exploits of "The Hooligan Navy" that fought in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Loosely-organized in fast moving squadrons, PT (patrol torpedo) boats were the pesky nemesis of the formidable Japanese navy, dubbed "the mosquito fleet" and "devil boats"...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEUReeman, Douglas.
Summary: Five British torpedo boats engage a superior strength of German E-boats in the Black Sea during World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1981