Rain of steel : Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze war off Okinawa
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Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020].
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xi, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION | 940.54 MOO | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Interviews.
Kamikaze airplanes.
Mitscher, Marc Andrew, -- 1887-1947.
Ugaki, Matome, -- 1890-1945.
United States. -- Navy. -- Task Force 58 -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.
Kamikaze airplanes.
Mitscher, Marc Andrew, -- 1887-1947.
Ugaki, Matome, -- 1890-1945.
United States. -- Navy. -- Task Force 58 -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.
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Published
Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020].
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Book
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Rain of Steel follows Navy and Marine carrier aviators in the desperate air battles to control the kamikazes directed by Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's Task Force 58 carriers had conducted air strikes on mainland Japan and supported the Iwo Jima landings, but his aviators were sorely tested once the Okinawa campaign commenced on April 1, 1945. Ugaki would unleash ten different Kikusui aerial suicide operations, one including a naval force built around the world's most powerful battleship, the 71,000-ton Yamato. These battles are related largely through the words and experiences of some of the last living U.S. fighter aces of World War II"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Moore, S. L. (2020). Rain of steel: Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze war off Okinawa . Naval Institute Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moore, Stephen L.. 2020. Rain of Steel: Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War Off Okinawa. Naval Institute Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moore, Stephen L.. Rain of Steel: Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War Off Okinawa Naval Institute Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Moore, Stephen L.. Rain of Steel: Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War Off Okinawa Naval Institute Press, 2020.
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