Post by VeeVee on May 1, 2007 5:48:10 GMT -5
The Ragged, Rugged Warriors The Heroic Story of the Early Air War Against Japan
www.amazon.com/Ragged-Rugged-Warriors-Martin-Caidin/dp/0553250620/ref=sr_1_2/102-0560563-9108903?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178016132&sr=8-2
This has very detailed accounts of the air war in the Philippines. More information than what is usually mentioned in history book that usually talks more about the ground war and the big picture. Jesus Villamor was mentioned several times.
A reviewer from Amazon.com:
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The first time I read The Ragged, Rugged Warriors was over thirty years ago. Until then, like many others, I thought the earliest American involvement against the Japanese air forces was the Flying Tigers [before Pearl Harbor]. This book covers not only the American Volunteer Group, but the British and Dutch Empire interests, the Soviet-Japanese Nomonhan Incident, as well that of the Chinese themselves. Forgotten men like George Weigel, Tommy Walker and Gregory-Richmond Board are introduced as they try simply to survive the onslaught of the Rising Sun. There are those luckless Army aviators in their buckish and broken-down P-400's struggling against the nimble Zero's [and with no oxygen at altitude] at Guadalcanal. Caiden regales us with the exploits of Lieutenant Muri and his crew as they suffer their own personal hell at the Battle of Midway in a hauling --- Marauder medium bomber at wavetop level with the ubiquitous Zero's clawing away with guns and cannon. Not dwelling too long in any one setting, Caiden offers insight into the characters of these men who laid down more than just their lives to stem the unrelenting tide of Japanese conquest in East Asia and the Pacific. Not always knowing why, these men were buying what the Japanese could not afford to give in spite of their impressive victories in China and the Pacific islands. They were buying time...and at great cost. This is their story and deserves its place in the annals of history.
www.amazon.com/Ragged-Rugged-Warriors-Martin-Caidin/dp/0553250620/ref=sr_1_2/102-0560563-9108903?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178016132&sr=8-2
This has very detailed accounts of the air war in the Philippines. More information than what is usually mentioned in history book that usually talks more about the ground war and the big picture. Jesus Villamor was mentioned several times.
A reviewer from Amazon.com:
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The first time I read The Ragged, Rugged Warriors was over thirty years ago. Until then, like many others, I thought the earliest American involvement against the Japanese air forces was the Flying Tigers [before Pearl Harbor]. This book covers not only the American Volunteer Group, but the British and Dutch Empire interests, the Soviet-Japanese Nomonhan Incident, as well that of the Chinese themselves. Forgotten men like George Weigel, Tommy Walker and Gregory-Richmond Board are introduced as they try simply to survive the onslaught of the Rising Sun. There are those luckless Army aviators in their buckish and broken-down P-400's struggling against the nimble Zero's [and with no oxygen at altitude] at Guadalcanal. Caiden regales us with the exploits of Lieutenant Muri and his crew as they suffer their own personal hell at the Battle of Midway in a hauling --- Marauder medium bomber at wavetop level with the ubiquitous Zero's clawing away with guns and cannon. Not dwelling too long in any one setting, Caiden offers insight into the characters of these men who laid down more than just their lives to stem the unrelenting tide of Japanese conquest in East Asia and the Pacific. Not always knowing why, these men were buying what the Japanese could not afford to give in spite of their impressive victories in China and the Pacific islands. They were buying time...and at great cost. This is their story and deserves its place in the annals of history.