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B-29s over Japan, 1944-1945 : a group commander's diary / Samuel Russ Harris, Jr. ; edited by Robert A. Mann.
Van Pelt Library D790.253 73rd .H37 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Samuel Russ.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harris, Samuel Russ--Diaries.
- Harris, Samuel Russ.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Wing (VH), 73rd.
- United States.
- United States. Army Air Forces--Officers--Biography.
- United States. Army Air Forces.
- B-29 (Bomber)--History.
- B-29 (Bomber).
- History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations--Personal narratives, American.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Biographies.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2011]
- Summary:
- "This diary details the life of Colonel Samuel R. Harris as a commander of one of the first B-29 Heavy Bombardment Groups to reach the Marianas Islands in 1944. The first section is an intimate portrait of war. The second half details the aspects of how the 73rd Bomb Wing was engaged in the war against Japan"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786462971
- 0786462973
- OCLC:
- 720025685
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