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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Moore, Stephen L.     Subjects     Allied Air Forces in the Solomons.     United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 13th.     Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Moore, Stephen L.       by title:      The battle for Hell'...         MARC Display

The battle for Hell's Island : how a small band of carrier dive-bombers helped save Guadalcanal / Stephen L. Moore. by Moore, Stephen L. New York : Caliber, 2016. Subjects Allied Air Forces in the Solomons.   United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 13th.   Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations. ISBN:  9780451473769 (paperback) : 0451473760 (paperback) Description:  ix, 498 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., port., maps ; 23 cm. Edition:  Caliber trade paperback edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan's expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Shima--Hell's Island. Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive-bombers is called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have, until recently, been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death have inexorably depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal. With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty--and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 940.54265 Mo   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library R -- Hawaiian & Pacific H 940.54265 Mo   Non Circulating Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54265 Mo   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54265 Mo   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54265 Mo   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54265 Mo   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Keaau P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54265 Mo pbk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mountain View P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54265 Mo   Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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