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Brown, Don, 1960- author.
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Yellin, Jerry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Tokyo.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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The last fighter pil...
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The last fighter pilot : the true story of the final combat mission of World War II / Don Brown with Captain Jerry Yellin ; forewords by Captain Jerry Yellin and Melanie Sloan.
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Brown, Don, 1960- author.
Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2017]
Subjects
Yellin, Jerry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Tokyo.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781621575061 (hardcover) :
1621575063 (hardcover)
Description:
xxxiii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Contents:
Preface: springtime in America -- The Seventy-Eighth Fighter Squadron -- The first night in Hell -- A graveyard for bombers and the need for Iwo Jima -- Assessing the threat -- Hell rains from the skies -- The Chichi Jima problem: the last impediment for the fighters -- Hitting Chichi Jima -- In the mind of the enemy -- Prelude to a massacre -- Massacre of the night fighters -- Jerry hopes for a chance -- The rain; and news; breaks -- On to Japan -- The Second Empire mission and the death of a president -- Baseball, softball, and the southern boy from Clemson -- The raid on Osaka -- Five hours over Chichi Jima -- Heartbreak over Tokyo -- The blazing winds of August -- Jerry hears the news -- The enemy stalls -- Over Tokyo -- Epilogue: the final salute.
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Mililani Public Library
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940.54497 Yellin Br
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940.54497 Yellin Br
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