Bibliograph

Rocky Boyer's war, an unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacific, Allen D. Boyer

Type

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Rocky Boyer's war, an unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacific, Allen D. Boyer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-412) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rocky Boyer's war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

958483972

Responsibility statement

Allen D. Boyer

Sub title

an unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacific

Summary

"Based in part on an unauthorized diary kept by the author's father, 1st Lt. Roscoe "Rocky" Boyer, this narrative history offers the reader an account of Allied air commander Gen. George Kenney's "air blitz" offensive in the Southwest Pacific. At airfields on the front line, Rocky kept the radios working for the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, a fighter-bomber unit. The author uses Rocky's story as a jumping-off point from which to understand the daily life, pranks, mishaps, and casualties, of the men who in 1944 fought their way over the two thousand miles from New Guinea to the Philippines"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

From Sugar Creek to Salinas -- Shipping out -- An island north of Australia -- The air blitz war -- Port Moresby -- Headquarters -- Palace coup -- First battles -- The new year -- Nadzab -- From minimum altitude -- Quakes and tremors -- Cape Waios -- Summer -- Moving up -- Biak -- Leyte -- Fiasco night: Mindoro -- Home

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Unvarnished history of the air blitz that won the war in the Southwest Pacific

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