Kangaroo Squadron
American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II
$27.98
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
27 November 2018
Summary
In early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America’s new enemy.
Based in Australia with poor supplies and no ground support, the pilots and crew faced tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the outfit, dubbed the Kangaroo Squadron, proved remarkably resilient and successful, conductin…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306845253 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0306845253 |
| Author: | Bruce Gamble |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books |
| Imprint: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 27 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 32mm |
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About The Author
Bruce Gamble
Bruce Gamble is an award-winning author and historian who served as a Naval Flight Officer during the closing years of the Cold War. Medically retired in 1989, he began working for the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. After several years as the staff historian, Gamble made the leap to freelance writing and published his first book, The Black Sheep, in 1998. One of the most respected authors on the war in the Pacific, Gamble does a substantial amount of public speaking and is the featured historian in documentaries produced by History Channel, Fox News, PBS, and the Pritzker Military Library. He lives near Madison, Georgia.
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