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Bruce Gamble

Kangaroo Squadron

American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II

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In early 1942, while the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single U.S. Army squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy. Based in Australia with inadequate supplies and no ground support, the squadron's pilots and combat crew endured tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the outfit, dubbed the Kangaroo Squadron, proved remarkably resilient and successful, conducting long-range bombing raids, carrying out armed reconnaissance missions, and rescuing General MacArthur and his staff from the Philippines.… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-306-90310-6
  • EAN: 9780306903106
  • Produktnummer: 26294363
  • Verlag: Hachette Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 416 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 14'850 KB

Über den Autor


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 before turning to freelance writing. One of the most respected authors on the war in the Pacific, Gamble has written seven books and has appeared in documentaries produced by History Channel, Fox News, PBS, and the Pritzker Military Library. He lives near Madison, Georgia.

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