xiii, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface: degrees of separation -- Prologue -- Long night's journey into war -- Boeing's big, beautiful bomber -- Off we go! -- Hap's farewell -- Surfboards and submarines -- To Fiji, and beyond -- Storm clouds -- The first raid on Rabaul -- Gunfight over New Britain -- Green hell -- Fever -- Invasion -- The evacuation of Dugout Doug -- Evacuation redux -- Jungle odyssey -- The Royce special mission -- Turning point: the battle of the Coral Sea -- Silver stars -- The reconnaissance game -- Alone against the empire -- The long road home -- The swamp ghost -- Appendix: award citations.
Summary
"The dramatic untold story of the first US Army unit to cross the Pacific and strike back at the Japanese after Pearl Harbor."--Provided by publisher.
