| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767 C23 1996 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17712 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767
- Item number - C23 1996
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Caidin, Martin
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The ragged, rugged warriors /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - by Martin Caidin
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Ballantine Books,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c1996
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 379 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps, photos
- Dimensions - 18 x 10 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Drawings by Fred L. Wolff.
- General note - With index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "The author, working in partnership with Edward Hymoff, in 1964 completed an exhaustive survey of most survivors of that group [22nd Bomb Group], in order to assemble--for the first time--the story of a major phase of the war period when the term "ragged, rugged warriors" had very special meaning. This book does not attempt an exhaustive survey of the years which hold our attention. Rather it is the author's hope to present an across-the-board study, to bring into one central focus the many scattered pieces--some of them written, others previously unrecorded--into a single volume." [from the preface]
- Summary, etc - "For two chapters devoted to the air war in the Philippines in 1941-42, the author relied on interviews and "personal recollections kindly made available to the author by participants in the events described," both Japanese and American. Of ground crew at Clark on 8 December 1941, Caidin writes that "many of the men assigned to the air base had bolted in terror for the hills when the first shriek of falling Japanese bombs split the air," which made it difficult to launch missions from the base. Of MacArthur's postwar denial of Brereton's claim to have asked permission to attack Taiwan, Caidin writes that "there are some remarkable phrases in the special statement issued by General MacArthur which reflect not only a conflict with conclusions drawn by other military officials but also a complete disregard of the facts!" (Caidin's emphasis) - Roderick Hall
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Pacific Ocean
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