| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 790.253 27th M39 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16294 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - May, Mary Cathrin
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The steadfast line :
- Remainder of title - the story of the 27th Bombardment Group (Light) in World War II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Mary Cathrin May
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [S.l.] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - [s.n.],
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - x, 243 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 28 x 22 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Exhaustively researched account of the 27th Bomb Group, one of several air units sent to the Philippines in a last ditch effort to build up the defenses. The 27th Bomb Group was the last to arrive in Manila before the war. While the men arrived safely, the planes, on separate ships, did not. The unexpected outbreak of the war saw the ships diverted to Australia. The 27th Bomb Group thus fought as infantry in Bataan, something they were not trained for.
This account focuses on the unit’s arrival in the Philippines and its operations in the defense campaign; only a few pages are devoted to the fate of the men after the surrender. Very detailed on the various bomber squadrons of the units.
Appendices include rosters, maps, a chronology, and other details. The author’s uncle, Staff Sgt. Emil Russ May was a member of this bomb group but died in Cabanatuan as a POW; this work is the result of the author’s efforts to find all she could about her deceased uncle and his unit. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Light), 27th
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| Subject Topical Term |
- 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
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Pacific area.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Regimental histories
- Geographic subdivision - United States.
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