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| Item Call Number |
V 833 .B85 2003 |
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| Barcode |
17753 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1591140951 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - V 833
- Item number - .B85 2003
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 359.3/258/0973
- Edition number - 21
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Bulkley, Robert J.
- Fuller form of name - (Robert Johns),
- Dates associated with a name - 1911-1962.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - At close quarters :
- Remainder of title - PT boats in the United States Navy /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Robert J. Bulkley, Jr. ; with a foreword by President John F. Kennedy and an introduction by Ernest McNeill Eller.
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st Naval Institute Press pbk. ed.
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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. - 2003.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xxiv, 574 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 23 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Originally published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 520-531) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Pt. 1. Into action--Pearl Harbor and the Philippines: The lineup, "They look like Japs", Manila Bay, The fleet withdraws, SS Corregidor, "Motor torpedo boats are rapidly deteriorating", Visit to Binanga, End of the 31, Gunnery actions, Return to Subic, The 32 in action, Subic again, The General departs, The 32, President Quezon, Engagagement off Cebu, "We could no longer fight", And then there were none, End of the Squadron, "Two hundred boats if possible" -- pt. 2. Development--a new type emerges -- pt. 3. Guadalcanal and beyond--The Solomons campaign -- pt. 4. Southwest Pacific--Conquest of New Guinea -- pt. 5. The Aleutians--A battle against weather -- pt. 6. The Mediterranean--Torpedo war -- pt. 7. The English Channel--D-day and after -- pt. 8. Southwest Pacific--Return to the Philippines: Morotai, Rescue in Wasile Bay, Losses, Containing and harrasing, Battle of Surigao Strait, Air attacks, Leyte and Cebu, First days at Mindoro, A Japanese task force, Mindoro convoy, Task group 77.11, Mindoro patrols, Bases and logistics, Lingayen Gulf, Return to Manila Bay, Palawan, Zamboanga, Panay, East to Davao, Tarakan, Tawi Tawi, Brunei Bay, Balikpapan, MTBRonsPac, Surrender, The end and the beginning -- Postscript -- Appendix A--Composition of the squadrons -- Appendix B--PT losses -- Appendix C--Awards and citations -- Appendix D--Casualties
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Torpedo-boats
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - 20th century.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Naval operations, American.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - United States
- General subdivision - History, Naval
- Chronological subdivision - 20th century.
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