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Finish forty and home

Scearce, Phil, 1962-

Finish forty and home the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / [electronic resource] : Phil Scearce. - 1st ed. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 373 p. :) ill. ; - Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series . - Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 5. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.

Introduction -- Sergeant at seventeen -- Hawaii -- First mission -- Nauru -- Air raid -- Chance -- May 1943 -- The squadron's objectives -- The Pacific preferred -- Softening Tarawa -- Forever consequences -- Losing altitude fast -- Back to Hawaii -- Last flights -- Ask the man who owns one -- The meaning of boxes -- Guam -- Back in business -- Halfway to forty -- January 1945 -- Endings for some -- Epilogue.

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Scearce, Herman, 1925-


United States. Army --Biography.


World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.--Pacific Area
B-24 bomber--History.
Radar operators--United States--Biography.
Radio operators--United States--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.


Pacific Area--History, Military--20th century.


Electronic books.

D767.9 / .S39 2011

940.54/4973092 B