An edition of 5,000 miles towards Tokyo
(1945)
5,000 miles towards Tokyo
by Green Peyton Wertenbaker
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Table of Contents
5,000 Miles Towards Tokyo
Contents
A Foreword. vii
1 Three Little Indians 3
2 Training Is What Counts 14
3 A Pattern for Invasion 25
4 Appointment in Tarawa 35
5 How to Re-form an Air Group 45
6 Life on a Carrier 55
7 Explosion in the Marshalls 68
8 A Surprise for Eniwetok 19
9 General MacArthur's Navy 87
10 A Quiet Time at Hollandia 97
11 Trouble at Saipan 106
12 From Guam to Morotai 117
13 "I Have Returned" 128
14 What the Japs Went After 138
15 What They Found 148
Roster of Pilots and Air Crewmen 161
Index 167
Illustrations
Gunner's turret facing page 16
The planes looked like birds 17
At Espiritu Santo 32
Before dawn the Hellcats were gone 33
Briefing pilots in the ready room 48
General Quarters 49
A TBF is pushed 64
The signal officer 65
A faulty landing 80
The Oak Club at Noumea 81
Guam was quiet 96
Their planes hit Palau 91
Death comes to a tanker 112
The Japs strike 113
A damaged F6F 144
The explosion on the Suwannee 145
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