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Author Kleiss, N. Jack, 1916-2016, author.

Title Never call me a hero : a legendary American dive-bomber pilot remembers the Battle of Midway / N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, with Timothy and Laura Orr.

Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY KLEISS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5426 KLEISS    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B KLEISS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  940.5426 KLEISS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 KLE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 KLE    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  940.54 KLE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B KLEISS, N. JACK    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5426 KLEISS    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG KLEISS, N. JACK    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 312 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Foreword / by Jill Kleiss -- Introduction / by Norman Jack Kleiss -- Kansas childhood, 1916-1932 -- The lure of flight, 1932-1934 -- Midshipman, 1934-1938 -- Finding love, 1938-1939 -- The Navy's surface fleet, 1939-1940 -- Flight training, 1940-1941 -- Scouting Squadron Six, part 1, May-June 1941 -- Scouting Squadron Six, part 2, June-November 1941 -- The Pacific War begins, November 1941-January 1942 -- The battle of the Marshall Islands, February 1942 -- Wake and Marcus Islands, February-March 1942 -- Return to the central Pacific, March-June 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 1, the morning attack, June 4, 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 2, the afternoon attack, June 4, 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 3, June 5 and 6, 1942 -- Return to the States, June-October 1942 -- Flight instructor, 1942-1945 -- My life after the Second World War, 1946-1976 -- Remembering Midway, 1976-2016 -- Afterword / by Timothy J. Orr -- Appendix: Roster, Scouting Squadron Six, May 1941 to June 1942.
Summary 75 years ago, one daring American pilot may have changed the course of history when he struck and sank two Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway. Now, legendary dive-bomber "Dusty" Kleiss shares his unforgettable eyewitness account of America's greatest naval victory.
Subject Kleiss, N. Jack, 1916-2016.
United States. Navy. Scouting Squadron Six -- Biography.
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)
Midway, Battle of, 1942 -- Personal narratives, American.
Dive bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Military -- Biography.
Midway, Battle of, 1942.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal Narratives. (DNLM)D062210
Added Author Orr, Timothy J., author.
Orr, Laura Lawfer, author.
ISBN 9780062692054 (hardback)
0062692054 (hardback)
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