THIS BOOK MAY NOT BE THE LAST, BUT IT IS THE LATEST TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE 71 YEAR PUZZLE OF JUST WHO DID SHOOT DOWN ADMIRAL ISOROKU YAMAMOTO 0N 18 APRIL 1943? LT. REX T. BARBER OR CAPT. THOMAS G. LAMPHIER JR.' THE AUTHOR WILL TAKE YOU FROM COLLEGE, THROUGH BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING, THROUGH EARLY SQUADRON TRAINING NEAR SAN FRANCISCO AND ADVANCED TRAINING ON FIJI. BOTH BARBER AND LAMPHIER WOULD FLY P-39'S P-38'S AS MEMBERS OF THE CACTUS AIR FORCE STATIONED AT HENDERSON FIELD ON GUADALCANAL. ON 18 APRIL 1943 IN AN ATTEMPT TO SURPRISE, INTERCEPT AND SHOOT DOWN A JAPANESE BOMBER CARRYING SUPREME NAVAL ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO. THEY LIFTED OFF FROM HENDERSON FIELD ON THIS EASTER SUNDAY WITH 14 OTHER P-38'S TO ASSASSINATE THE ARCHITECT OF THE SNEAK ATTACK OF PEARL HARBOR THAT BROUGHT WAR IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN JAPAN AND AMERICA. WE CELEBRATE THE SUCESS OF OPERATION VENGEANCE, BUT ANOTHER WAR BROKE OUT OVER WHO SHOT DOWN ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO? INCLUDED ARE 104 PHOTOGRAPHS, DIAGRAMS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND MAPS TO ASSIST YOU IN UNRAVELING THIS PUZZLE.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1499206755
ISBN-13
9781499206753
eBay Product ID (ePID)
236737233
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ambush Yamamoto! the Mirage of Heroism! : Destroy Admiral Yamamoto!
Author
Robert Bond
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Aviation
Publication Year
2014
Genre
History
Number of Pages
196 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Target Audience
Trade
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