Rocky Boyer's war : an unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacifi...
Rocky Boyer's war : an unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacifi...
Rocky Boyer's war : an unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacific / Allen D. Boyer.
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Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
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G 2017/2674
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English
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Physical content
xii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: a war and a diary -- From Sugar Creek to Salinas -- Shipping out -- An island north of Australia -- The air blitz war -- Port Moresby -- Headquarters -- Palace coup -- First battles -- The new year -- Nadzab -- From minimum altitude -- Quakes and tremors -- Cape Waios -- Summer -- Movi...
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Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Based in part on an unauthorized diary kept by the author's father, 1st Lt. Roscoe "Rocky" Boyer, this narrative history offers the reader an account of Allied air commander Gen. George Kenney's "air blitz" offensive in the Southwest Pacific. At airfields on the front line, Rocky kept the radios working for the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group,...
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Rocky Boyer's war : an unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacific / Allen D. Boyer.
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Unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacific
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version: Boyer, Allen D. Rocky Boyer's war. Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017] 9781682470978 (DLC) 2017018065
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G 2017/2674
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74VKVLvdqOZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLvdqOZM
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ISBN
9781682470961 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1682470962 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
940.544973092 B
MMS ID
991024107915402626
