Swashbucklers and Black Sheep : a pictorial history of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II / Bruce Gamble
- Author
- Gamble, Bruce
- Published
- Minneapolis, MN : MBI Pub. Co. and Zenith Press, 2012.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Out of the ashes -- On hallowed ground -- Bent-wing birds -- The swashbucklers at Munda -- Legends in waiting -- Gunfights over Bougainville -- Sojourn -- Slugfest Over Rabaul -- New sheep -- Big Ben -- The legacy of heroes -- Appendices.
- Summary
- An illustrated history of the famous American fighter squadron, Greg "Pappy" Boyington's Black Sheep.
- Subject(s)
- United States. Marine Fighter Squadron, 214th—History
- United States. Marine Fighter Squadron, 214th—History—Pictorial works
- United States. Marine Fighter Squadron, 214th
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945—Regimental histories—United States
- World War, 1939-1945—Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Pacific Area
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945—Histoire des unités—États-Unis
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945—Campagnes et batailles—Pacifique, Océan
- HISTORY—Military—World War II.
- Military operations, Aerial—American
- Military campaigns
- Regimental histories
- Pacific Area
- United States
- World War (1939-1945)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781610586900 (electronic bk.)
1610586905 (electronic bk.)
9780760342503
0760342504 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 213) and index.
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