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One Damned Island After Another

Contents I A Quiet Sunday Morning 3 II Red Suns on Their Wings 10 III "I Never Was So Scared" 17 IV Monday in Paradise V Defend! Defend! 42 VI A Mission for Morale 49 VII The Atoll Circuit 58 VIII The Battle of Midway 70 IX The Lodestar 91 X "You Never Had It So Good" 99 XI "They Threw the Book at Us" 107 XII "He Who Fights and Runs Away" 131 XIII Operation GALVANIC 145 XIV "Spits of Sand in the Sun" 153 XV The Marshalls Are Ours 100 XVI I'll Never Get Out of here alive 186 XVlI The seven-League Seventh 199 XVlII The Marianas 217 XIX The Little Guys 237 XX Forgotten Corner XXI "What- Wonderfull People" 275 XXII "I'm Sorry We Wrecked Your Plane, Sergeant" 287 XXIII Assault on Iwo 300 XXIV Banzai at Iwo 329 XXV The Mustangs Get Those Bastards 339 XXVI The Last Damned Island 348 XXVII Target — Japan! 366 The Sun Also Sets 382 About the Authors 393 Index 395 List of Illustrations FACING PAGE A lull in the sneak raid on Hickam Field shows severity of damage suffered 18 Clouds of smoke hid the full story of destruction. Hangar burning during December 7 attack on Hickam Field 18 Oil fire sparked by Jap bombs. Hickam Field on December 7 19 This B-17 could still fly. Others went up in smoke

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