Saipan (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very light edge wear and rubbing, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. There is some wear to the cover. The book has wear on the corners. There may be some marks in or on the book. Books are stored on a bookshelf in A/C. They are in a dark room and are well maintained. If you have any questions or concerns about this book please contact me. USS Saipan (CVL-48) VMA-324 HU-1 1953 1954 Around World Deployment Cruise Book. There is some wear to the cover. The book has wear on the corners. There may be some marks in or on the book. Books are stored on a bookshelf in A/C. They are in a dark room and are well maintained. If you have any questions or concerns about this book please contact me. Modified Item: No. Subject: Military & War. Topic: World. Binding: Hardcover. Language: English. Author: USS Saipan. Publisher: Campus.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Graham, Maggy (book design and typography); Jones, Stan (cover art) (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Fine condition spiral bound color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes Praise for Rain of Fire; Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Foreword by General Jack Catton; Preface; Prologue; Appendix A: Glossary of Terms; Appendix B: B-29s Lost on Combat Missions by the 873rd Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group; Appendix C: B-29 Combat Missions Flown From Saipan, 1945, by the Author, 873rd Bomb Sqdn., 498th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing (H); Appendix D: B-29 Superfort Statistics, June 5, 1944 - August 15, 1945; Appendix E: Special Orders 234 (Secret), 73rd Bomb Wing, August 31, 1945; Appendix F: Trans-Pacific Crew, 5,500 mile Record Flight; Appendix G: Ethyl Corporation Advertisement, 1945; Appendix H: Phillips Family Photo Album, 1996; Appendix I: 1996 Reunion of the 73rd Bomb Wing Assn., Corpus Christi, Texas and Appendix J: Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings. Signed and inscribed by the author, Charles L. Phillips, Jr. ( (873rd Bomb Squadron, 498the Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Saipan) to Earl Myers (499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Saipan) with black pen on the full title page. "THEY FACE A DEADLY CHALLENGE EVERY DAY. With a cruising altitude of 32,000 feet, the B-29 Superfortress could fly well above the effective altitude of Japanese fighter aircraft. Yet General LeMay ordered them to fly the incendiary raids at altitudes as low as 5,000 feet. What did they stand to gain - and to lose - by this radical approach? How did they rise to the challenge? Find out from one of the pilots who made it happen - a pilot who flew 29 missions and documented every step. Col. Charles L. Phillips, Jr., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, as well as two oak leaf clusters, the equivalent of three DFCs, in 1945 for his leadership and courageous performance in 29 bombing raids over Japan in 1945. Trusting God to bring them back together after the War, he and his wife Mary Lou kept detailed records of everything that happened, making this book one of the best documented accounts of its kind. Col. Phillips has amassed an impressive collection of facts and photos to illuminate his gripping story." " - from the rear outer cover. "Charlie and I shared a unique niche in the history of mankind during those months on Saipan when B-29s were wreaking havoc on Japan. He does us all a great favor as he records the sorties and formation flights that all of our aircraft commanders and flight crews experienced over the endless miles of the Pacific Ocean. We thought they contributed mighily to the defeat of Japan and the end of the War. History has borne us out. His study and research develops information about these men and machines that would have been lost. This is a magnificent record of the era of the B-29. Surely the buildup of air power demonstrated by the hundreds of planes flying almost daily to bomb the Japanese Empire was the climax of the short but important contribution of this wonderful airplane." - Paul Kroesen, editor, Superfort Saga, A History of the 873rd Bomb Squadron. "As an old-time newspaper reporter who covered aviation events back in the days of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, I have been far better informed about the course of World War II after reading Colonel Phillips' account of his part in the B-29 air assault against Japan in the last seven months of the war." - Forrest Forbes, Calimesa, California. "As the Chaplain of the 498th Bomb Group of the 73rd Bomb Wing from the time of its inception in 1943 until the end of the war in 1945, I am greatly impressed with the detailed and accurate recounting of the many bombing missions flown and endured by Colonel Charles Phillips, whom I knew personally during his tour of duty on Saipan." - Cecil Cowder, Chaplain, 498th Bomb Group, 73rd BW, Saipan. Signed by Author(s).

Oblong 4to. 12.5 x 9.25 in. 247, [1] pp. With 100's of photo illustrations, a colour plate, map, plates. Navy-blue coloured boards, 301st NCB Seabee badge in gilt on front cover, gilt title on cover (some edgewear, scuffing to spine, minor rubbing), still a VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce souvenir yearbook chronicling the Herculean efforts of the storied 301st U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Seabees, affectionately known as the "Harbor Stretchers" as they were specifically activated and formed to expand and deepen vital deep-water harbors at advance bases in the South Pacific during World War II. Activated April 1, 1944 in Port Hueneme Advanced Base Depot, CA, they were dispatched to Guam starting April 21, 1944 to begin clearing vast War debris from the defeated Japanese Naval units, and were a specialized unit often operating under sustained constant enemy fire during the War. Based out of Guam, 12 detachments scattered over the Pacific War zone dredging harbors under adverse conditions at some of the bloodiest island hopping battles, such as Kwajalein, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Peleliu, and Tinian. Dredges included the "Tualatin" moved to Midway in May, 1944, the USS City of Dahlart at Pearl Harbor, Dredge Indiana at Midway. Many of their salvage operations are depicted here, along with an extended photographic synopsis of Guam during World War II. Worldcat locates 5 copies (NYPL, SF Maritime Nat. Hist. Park, Navy Dept. Naval Hist. Lib., Heinz Center, WI Vet Mus. Res. Ctr).

Kupferstich von J. von Schley, 1757, 19,5x35 cm (Faltspuren) *Saipan ist nach Guam die zweitgrößte Insel der sich über 650 Kilometer erstreckenden Inselkette der Marianen im Pazifischen Ozean. Die Insel ist seit der Besetzung 1944 durch die USA während des Zweiten Weltkrieges US-Außengebiet.