| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 790 E35 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13995 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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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 790 E35
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Edmonds, Walter Dumaux,
- Dates associated with a name - 1903
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| Title Statement |
- Title - They fought with what they had :
- Remainder of title - the story of the Army Air Forces in the southwest Pacific, 1941-1942 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Walter D. Edmonds ; with an introduction by George C.Kenney ; map sketches by the author
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Boston :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Little Brown,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1951.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xxvi, 532 p. :
- Other physical details - maps ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Saga of the US Army Air Force in the Philippines and immediate surroundings, including the Netherlands East Indies and Australia, during the first six months of war in the Pacific.
The first half of the book deals with the 12th-hour reinforcement of the Philippines, situation at the start of the war, and early air operations in the Philippines (including the disastrous results by the Japanese raids on Clark Field and other air bases) until the withdrawal to Bataan.
The second half focuses on the desperate defense of Java, with side glances at operations in the Philippines and Australia. Written shortly after the war, the book tapped an impressive array of sources, some of which are no longer available today. Edmonds takes on a dispassionate view, trying to establish what happened rather than place blame. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - United States. Army Air Forces
- General subdivision - History.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Pacific Ocean.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - aerial operations
- Uncontrolled term - Australia
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Clark Field bombing
- Uncontrolled term - defense of Java
- Uncontrolled term - Far East Air Force
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - US reinforcements to the Philippines
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