TY - BOOK AU - Scearce,Phil ED - Project Muse. TI - Finish forty and home: the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific T2 - Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series SN - 9781574414370 AV - D767.9 .S39 2011 U1 - 940.54/4973092B 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Denton, Tex. PB - University of North Texas Press, Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism KW - Scearce, Herman, KW - United States KW - Army KW - Biography KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - Pacific Area KW - Aerial operations, American KW - B-24 bomber KW - History KW - Radar operators KW - Radio operators KW - Soldiers KW - History, Military KW - 20th century KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574414370/ ER -