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"A GLORIOUS PAGE IN OUR HISTORY" THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY 4-6 JUNE 1942

Written by Robert Cressman, Steve Ewing, Barrett Tillmann, Mark Horan, Clark Reynolds, Stan Cohen
Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company in 1990
ISBN: 0929521404

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"A GLORIOUS PAGE IN OUR HISTORY" THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY 4-6 JUNE 1942
Written by Robert Cressman, Steve Ewing, Barrett Tillmann, Mark Horan, Clark Reynolds, Stan Cohen.
Stock no. 1329577
1st. 1990. Softcover. Nearly fine condition.

Cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0929521404. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else a fine copy.

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Cover of "A GLORIOUS PAGE IN OUR HISTORY" THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY 4-6 JUNE 1942 by Robert Cressman; Steve Ewing; Barrett Tillmann; Mark Horan; Clark Reynolds; Stan Cohen

Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Photographs
Glossary
USN and Japanese Aircraft Names
Chapter One: "A Very Desolate Island"
Chapter Two: "Second in Importance Only to Pearl Harbor"
Chapter Three: "The Sentry for Hawaii"
Chapter Four: "Time is Everything"
Chapter Five: "We Will Do The Best We Can With What We Have"
Chapter Six: "Midway.. Had a Good Fight on Its Hands"
Chapter Seven: "No Bomber is a Match for a Bunch of Fighters"
Chapter Eight: "Well, Murray, This is It"
Chapter Nine: "Skipper, There's a Zero on my Tail"
Chapter Ten: "Like a Haystack in Flames"
Chapter Eleven: "Incontestible Mastery of the Air"
Chapter Twelve: "I Will Do What You Pilots Want"
Chapter Thirteen: "As Easy as Shooting Ducks in a Rainbarrel"
Chapter Fourteen: "A Grim and Terrible Business"
Chapter Fifteen: "A More Pleasant Place"
Appendix
Bibliography
Index