Research Catalog

Title

Finish forty and home : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / Phil Scearce.

Author

Scearce, Phil, 1962-

Publication

Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, 2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xiv, 373 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.

Series Statement

Number 5 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series

Uniform Title

Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 5.

Subjects

• Soldiers
• Pacific Area
• Radar operators
• Radio operators
• United States
• 1900-1999
• World War > (1939-1945)
• Scearce, Herman, 1925-
• Biographies
• Military history
• History
• Biography
• Military operations, Aerial > American
• Military campaigns
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area
• Soldiers > United States > Biography
• Pacific Area > History, Military > 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Aerial operations, American
• B-24 (Bomber) > History
• Radar operators > United States > Biography
• Radio operators > United States > Biography
• United States > Army > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies.
• History.
• Military history.

Bibliography (note)

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

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9781574413168
• 1574413163

LCCN

2011016700

OCLC

• ocn717301631
• 717301631
• SCSB-1613481

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library