| Item Call Number |
FP00217 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
FP00217 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - FP00217
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| Title Statement |
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| General Note |
- General note - An American commander od the B-17C bomber which reportedly destroyed the Japanese warship Haruna on December 10, 1941, off the Babuyan channel. Actually, the Haruna did not receive any direct hits. On his way to Clark Field(Pampanga), his plane was attacked by Japanese fighter planes and he died when his parachute failed to open. His body was found near the wreckage of the plane along a little country road some 3 miles west of Mt. Arayat. The hero of the 14th squadron was given a posthumous D.S.C.(Distinguised Service Cross) award on December 21, 1941.
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - U.S. Army Collection
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - Circa 1940
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Americans
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 10 december 1898
- Focus term - 1940
- Focus term - distinguished service cross
- Focus term - edmonds
- Focus term - outbreak of world war ll in the pacific
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