The Resource The battle for Hell's Island : how a small band of carrier dive-bombers helped save Guadalcanal, Stephen L. Moore
The battle for Hell's Island : how a small band of carrier dive-bombers helped save Guadalcanal, Stephen L. Moore
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- Summary
- From the author of Pacific Payback comes the gripping true story of the Cactus Air Force and how this rugged crew of Dive-Bombers helped save Guadalcanal and won the war. November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan's expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima-Hell's Island. Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal. With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty-and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports. A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip-and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (16 hr., 2 min., 2 sec.))
- Note
- Spoken audio file. Indexed by chapter
- Isbn
- 9781501907968
- Label
- The battle for Hell's Island : how a small band of carrier dive-bombers helped save Guadalcanal
- Title
- The battle for Hell's Island
- Title remainder
- how a small band of carrier dive-bombers helped save Guadalcanal
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen L. Moore
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the author of Pacific Payback comes the gripping true story of the Cactus Air Force and how this rugged crew of Dive-Bombers helped save Guadalcanal and won the war. November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan's expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima-Hell's Island. Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal. With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty-and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports. A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip-and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
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- Moore, Stephen L
- Dewey number
- 940.54/265933
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- D767.98
- LC item number
- .M66 3015cab
- Literary text for sound recordings
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- Music parts
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- PerformerNote
- Read by Pete Bradbury
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- Recorded Books, LLC
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Allied Air Forces in the Solomons
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
- World War, 1939-1945
- United States
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- not applicable
- Label
- The battle for Hell's Island : how a small band of carrier dive-bombers helped save Guadalcanal, Stephen L. Moore
- Note
- Spoken audio file. Indexed by chapter
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- not applicable
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- spoken word
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- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1023862462
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- not applicable
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (16 hr., 2 min., 2 sec.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781501907968
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- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- digital.
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- 324c00f9-4250-4133-a8c0-5329885bbb06
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- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1023862462
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
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- not applicable
- Label
- The battle for Hell's Island : how a small band of carrier dive-bombers helped save Guadalcanal, Stephen L. Moore
- Note
- Spoken audio file. Indexed by chapter
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1023862462
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (16 hr., 2 min., 2 sec.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781501907968
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 324c00f9-4250-4133-a8c0-5329885bbb06
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1023862462
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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