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Donald A. Davis
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Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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400 |
| Date: |
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2006-03-07 |
| ASIN/ISBN: |
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0312309074 |
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St. Martin's Griffin |
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1.0 pounds |
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6.1 x 9.2 x 1.2 inches |
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| Description: |
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Yamamoto was a poker-playing, Harvard-educated expert on Americaa reluctant warrior who nonetheless became the public face of Japanese aggression during WWII. For sixteen months, this military genius ran wild in the Pacific, until American code-breakers pin-pointed his position one day in April 1943. To get him, a squadron of Army pilots from Guadalcanals battered Cactus Air Force flew the longest over-water fighter mission ever, destroying Yamamotos plane over the jungles of Bougainville. Their hero admiral dead, the Japanese never won another major naval battle. But the pilots would be haunted by the mission for the rest of their lives. This is their story. |
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http://bookmooch.com/0312309074 |
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