Hell from the heavens : the epic story of the USS Laffey and World War II's greatest kamikaze attack
(2015)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
940.542522/WUKOVITS,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xvii, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780306823244 (hardcover), 0306823241 (hardcover), 9780306823244, 0306823241 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Part I. The Normandy training ground -- The formation of a crew -- Off Normandy's shores -- To the Pacific -- Part II. Into Pacific combat -- Kamikazes stage a terrifying introduction -- North from the Philippines -- Part III. Hell from the heavens -- First days at Okinawa -- The triumph of Laffey's gunners -- Agony on the afterdeck -- Defying the odds -- A lasting legacy