| Author | Johnston, Stanley.
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| Title | Queen of the flat tops : the U.S.S. Lexington and the Coral Sea battle / by Stanley Johnston.
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| Edition | First edition. |
| Published | New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1942.
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| Description | 280 pages : frontispiece, plates, group portrait ; 22 cm
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| General Note | Maps on lining-papers.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The Lex crosses the line -- Ships with wings -- Carrier tactics -- Battle stations -- Bougainville: the first action -- Smashing the Japs at Lae and Salamaua -- Castaways among cannibals -- Tulagi: a fleet is destroyed -- The eve of the Coral Sea battle -- The Coral Sea victory: Misima -- The Coral Sea victory: Tagula -- Under sky attack -- The Lexington goes to glory -- Aftermath.
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| Subjects | Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942.
Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1927-1942)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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| Other Titles | Queen of the flat-tops
U.S.S. Lexington and the Coral Sea battle
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| LC Card Number | 42-23183 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: D 774 L4 J721 1942
CA-1903209: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69723] |
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