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| Item Call Number |
D 773 .M43 2002 |
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Available |
| Barcode |
13617 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1557505470 (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 773 .M43 2002
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Messimer, Dwight R.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - In the hands of fate :
- Remainder of title - the story of Patrol Wing Ten, 8 December 1941 - 11 May 1942 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Dwight R. Messimer
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Annapolis, MD :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Naval Institute Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2002.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xv, 351 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Patrol Wing Ten was the only U.S. Navy aviation unit to fight the Japanese in the early weeks of World War II, and the daring exploits of its PBY scout-plane pilots offer a dramatic tale of heroism, duty, and controversy. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Well-researched account of the US Navy Asiatic Fleet's aerial reconnaissance unit. Based in the Philippines at the outbreak of the war, the Wing's PBY flying boats flew patrol and bombing missions against the invading Japanese, even though their planes were no match to the Japanese fighter aircraft. Several planes were lost, either shot down or destroyed while at anchor, and PatWing Ten was withdrawn to the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia), where it participated in the desperate defense of that archipelago. Two of PatWing Ten's planes flew to Corregidor to evacuate nurses and selected individuals just before the Japanese invasion of the island fort. Several men of the unit were left behind in the Philippines where they fought in Bataan and Corregidor, where they fought as infantry and eventually became prisoners of war; this book covers their experiences in detail. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - United States. Navy. Patrol Wing 10
- General subdivision - History.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Pacific Ocean.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Naval operations, American.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - aerial operations
- Uncontrolled term - evacuation of Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - Netherlands East Indies campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Patrol Wing Ten
- Uncontrolled term - PBY flying boats
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - US Asiatic Fleet
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