| Author | Sherman, Frederick C., author.
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| Title | Combat command : the American aircraft carriers in the Pacific war / by Frederick C. Sherman ; with a preface by William F. Halsey.
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| Edition | First edition. |
| Published | New York : E. P. Dutton & Company, 1950.
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| Description | 427 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-396) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The Stage is Set -- Pearl Harbor -- Defeat, Retreat and Frustration -- Molding the Team -- The Battle of the Coral Sea -- The Battle of Midway -- Stalemate -- Limited Offensive for Guadalcanal -- The Tide Turns: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville -- The Rising Tide -- The Gilberts and Marshalls -- Seven League Boots: The First Battle of the Phillipine Sea - Saipan, Tinian, Guam -- The Palaus -- Sweeping the Seas: The Carriers Close in -- Leyte and the Battle for Leyte Gulf -- Masters of the Pacific -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa and the Fleet that Came to Stay -- Bombing Japan -- The Surrender at Tokyo -- Index.
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| Subjects | Aircraft carriers.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
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| LC Card Number | 50-5131 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: D 773 S553 1950
CA-1903211: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69726] |
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