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THE FIGHTING LADY: THE NEW YORKTOWN IN THE PACIFIC WAR

by Clark Reynolds

Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. 1st. 1986

Nearly fine condition. An intimate day-by-day account of the life of The Fighting Lady - the epic aircraft carrier which dominated the greatest sea war of all time - the new Yorktown, named for the 'OldYorky' sunk at the Battle of Midway early in World War II. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour photos. viii and 355 pages.

Old price-label to inside front cover. Else a lovely copy.

ISBN: 0933126786
Stock no. 1830069

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Contents

  • CHAPTER ONE Jocko's Ship, Jocko's Team
  • CHAPTER TWO To the Wars
  • CHAPTER THREE First Blood
  • CHAPTER FOUR Fire in the Gilberts
  • CHAPTER FIVE Truk!
  • CHAPTER SIX Just One More Raid
  • CHAPTER SEVEN The Big Battle
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Marianas Dirty Work
  • CHAPTER NINE Philippine Storms
  • CHAPTER TEN Formosa to Saigon
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
  • CHAPTER TWELVE Bomb Sunday
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN Zootsuiter Seige
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN Bull Come
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN Last Tallyho
  • APPENDIX A US Navy Abbreviations and Terms
  • APPENDIX B Airplane Names
  • CHAPTER C Senior Officers of the Yorktown
  • SOURCES
  • INDEX

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