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Iredale, Will,

The Kamikaze hunters : fighting for the Pacific, 1945 - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - x, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-370) and index.

Flying sailors -- They were like gods -- Wakey-wakey, rise and shine, show a leg -- Bags of food and lights and girls -- Wings -- they don't know what they want and they won't be happy till they get it -- Flat-hatters -- Blooded -- Flat tops -- An enterprise of the first magnitude -- The balloons go up -- The jitter effect -- The body crashers -- April fools -- A formidable return -- Little yellow baskets -- Breaking point -- The absolute full -- The final onslaught.

"Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rather choose death than a dishonorable defeat,"--NoveList.

ISBN: 9781681771670 : $27.95 1681771675

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai.
Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese.
Kamikaze pilots--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
Warships--History--United States--20th century.
Kamikaze pilots.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial--Japanese.
Military operations, Naval--American.
Warships.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Pacific Area.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: D792.J3 / I74 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 940.54/4952