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Dirty Eddie's war : based on the World War II diary of Harry "Dirty Eddie" March, Jr., Pacific fighter ace / by Lee Cook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Lee, author.
- Series:
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 20.
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; number 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- March, Harry Andrew, Jr., 1919-1946--Diaries.
- March, Harry Andrew.
- United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron VF-17--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron VF-17.
- Fighter pilots--United States--Diaries.
- Fighter pilots.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943--Personal narratives, American.
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Diaries.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Foreword / by William "Country" Landreth
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Timeline
- Prologue: Living the Dash
- A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
- I Got One of 'em!
- Torpedoed!
- "Dirty Eddie"
- This War Is Really Hell
- Never Have So Few Been Dumped On by So Many
- A Young Man of Action
- Unbearable, We Just Want to Get the Hell Out
- Fighting Seventeen
- The Boys Tasted Blood
- He Exploded Right in My Face
- I Do Not Know What Is in Store for Me
- Beards Don't Go So Well Down in Sydney!
- The Rains Came
- The Hunters Became the Hunted
- Where Are They?
- Coming Home-I Want to Surprise You!
- Instructing the "Nuggets"
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: Harry March Victory Credits and Citations
- Appendix 2: Biographies of "Dirty Eddie's" Guadalcanal Buddies
- Endnotes
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 25, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cook, Lee. Dirty Eddie's war
- ISBN:
- 9781574418514
- 1574418513
- Publisher Number:
- 40030692326
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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