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Fighting the night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a flyer's life

Paul Hendrickson
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E-Book
Publication:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2024]
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Summary:
"From the acclaimed and bestselling author of Hemingway's Boat, the profoundly moving story of his father's wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices paid by him, and other soldiers, for their acts of selfless, patriotic sacrifice"-- [Provided by publisher]
Table of Contents:
  • Amarillo Goodbye
  • Long Ago in Kentucky
  • The Road to South Field on Iwo Jima (1)
  • The Road to South Field on Iwo Jima (2)
  • Clear Pictures
  • Where Leo E Sat
  • Eighty-Three Years Later, Not Quite to the Day
  • Of James Dickey and My Father
  • The Short Unhappy Life of "The Merry Widow"
  • The Last Living Airman of the 549th
  • June-July 1945
  • The All-American Life and Mysterious Death of Larry Garland (and the Crew of Black Widow #42-39426)
  • "Sing Me Back Home Before I Die."
Author/Creator:
Hendrickson, Paul, 1944- , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Fighting the night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a flyer's life [by Hendrickson, P.]
Other Related Resources:
Print version: Fighting the night [by Hendrickson, P.] (First edition; New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024 — ISBN 9780593321133; LCCN 2023017439)
Subjects:
Hendrickson, Joseph P. (Joseph Paul), 1918-2003
United States Army Air Forces — Night Fighter Squadron, 549th — Biography
United States Army Air Forces — Officers — Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Japan
World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — United States
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) — History, Military — 20th century
Fighter pilots — United States — Biography
Black Widow (Night fighter plane)
Hendrickson, Paul, 1944- — Family
General Notes:
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 24, 2024).
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Call Numbers:
D790.262 549th .H46 2024
ISBNs:
9780593321140 (electronic book)
0593321146 (electronic book)
9780593321133 (hardcover) [Invalid]
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2023017440
OCLC Numbers:
1405190381
Other Control Numbers:
3660061 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306374765