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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 09 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Bob Souer. |
| Summary |
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John W. Finn, though suffering multiple wounds, continued to man his machine gun against waves of Japanese aircraft attacking the Kaneohe Bay Naval Station during the infamous Pearl Harbor raid. Just over three years later, as World War II struggled into its final months, a B-29 radioman named Red Erwin lingered near death after suffering horrific burns to save his air crew in the skies off Japan. They were the first and last of thirty U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps aviation personnel awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions against the Japanese during World War II. They included pilots and crewmen manning fighters and dive bombers and flying boats and bombers. One was a general. Another was a sergeant. Some shot down large numbers of enemy aircraft in aerial combat. Others sacrificed themselves for their friends or risked everything for complete strangers. Who were these now largely forgotten men? Where did they come from? What insp |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Medal of Honor -- Biography.
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Airmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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Japan -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Pacific Area -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Souer, Bob.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Stories of the medal of honor recipients of the air war against Japan |
| ISBN |
9780811772068 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0811772063 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT15054309 |
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