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001 2009053794
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008 091230s2010 pauabf b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aD769.347$b.S25 2010
082 00 $a940.54/1273$222
100 1 $aSalecker, Gene Eric,$d1957-
245 10 $aBlossoming silk against the Rising Sun :$bU.S. and Japanese paratroopers at war in the Pacific in World War II /$cGene Eric Salecker.
260 $aMechanicsburg, PA :$bStackpole Books,$cc2010.
300 $axiii, 377 p., [15] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aStackpole military history series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 321-368) and index.
505 0 $aYokosuka 1st Special Naval Landing Force -- Dash forward -- Japan needs oil -- P1 Airfield -- The capture of Palembang -- Dutch West Timor -- The U.S. paratrooper -- Equipping the American paratrooper -- Operation Cartwheel -- Nadzab -- Baptism of fire -- Birth of a division, death of a program -- New Guinea interlude -- Noemfoor -- Leyte firefight -- The calm before the storm -- Caught napping -- Buri Airfield -- By air and by sea -- Tagaytay Ridge -- The Rock -- Rock Force Assault -- Seizing the Rock -- Los Baños -- The raid -- The last jump -- Epilogue -- Notes.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xParachute troops$xHistory$yWorld War, 1939-1945.
610 10 $aJapan.$bRikugun$xParachute troops$xHistory$yWorld War, 1939-1945.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Area.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Japanese.
830 0 $aStackpole military history series.