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ABOVE AND BEYOND

by Charles Patrick Weiland

Published by Pacifica Press. 1st USA. 1997

Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The World War II memoir of Charles Patrick Weiland, a South Dekota farm boy who decided in 1940 to join the Marines and see the world. B/w photos.

Wrapper flaps are a bit creased.

ISBN: 0935553223
Stock no. 2118444

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Part I - The Air
  • Chapter 1 Those Cherished Gold Wings
  • Chapter 2 A Really Hot Pilot
  • Part II - The Island
  • Chapter 3 The Hot Zone
  • Chapter 4 Hell on Earth - Episode I
  • Chapter 5 The Waiting Game and Listening Watch
  • Chapter 6 Hell on Earth - Episode II
  • Chapter 7 Routine at Turtle Bay
  • Chapter 8 Strange Twists at Stateside
  • Part III - The Desert
  • Chapter 9 Genesis on the Desert
  • Chapter 10 Integration of Experience
  • Chapter 11 Routine with Punctuations
  • Chapter 12 Boys Will Be Boys
  • Chapter 13 Incidents Home and Abroad
  • Chapter 14 Pursuit of Perfection
  • Chapter 15 An Expanded Flight Syllabus
  • Chapter 16 Hiatus in the High Sierras
  • Chapter 17 Combat Ready and No Place to Go
  • Part IV - The Sea
  • Chapter 18 Workup
  • Chapter 19 TransPac
  • Chapter 20 Beans, Bullets, Bandages
  • Chapter 21 In the Heart of Disaster
  • Chapter 22 A Squadron in Limbo
  • Chapter 23 The End Justifies the Means
  • Chapter 24 Trust and Consequences
  • Chapter 25 Home Again
  • Chapter 26 Life after VMF-452
  • Epilogue To Set The Record Straight.

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