Blossoming silk against the Rising Sun : U.S. and Japanese paratroopers at war in the Pacific in World War II /

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Author / Creator:	Salecker, Gene Eric, 1957-
Imprint:	Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 377 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Stackpole military history series Stackpole military history series.
Subject:	United States. -- Army -- Parachute troops -- History -- World War, 1939-1945. Japan. -- Rikugun -- Parachute troops -- History -- World War, 1939-1945. Japan. -- Rikugun. United States. -- Army. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese. Armed Forces -- Parachute troops Military campaigns. Military operations, Aerial -- American. Military operations, Aerial -- Japanese. Parachute troops. Pacific Area. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11233551

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ISBN:	9780811742351 0811742350 0811706575 9780811706575 1282871773 9781282871779 9786612871771 6612871776
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Other form:	0-8117-0657-5
Standard no.:	9786612871771

Table of Contents:

Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Yokosuka 1st Special Naval Landing Force; Chapter 2 Dash Forward; Chapter 3 Japan Needs Oil; Chapter 4 P1 Airfield; Chapter 5 The Capture of Palembang; Chapter 6 Dutch West Timor; Chapter 7 The U.S. Paratrooper; Chapter 8 Equipping the American Paratrooper; Chapter 9 Operation Cartwheel; Chapter 10 Nadzab; Chapter 11 Baptism of Fire; Chapter 12 Birth of a Division, Death of a Program; Chapter 13 New Guinea Interlude; Chapter 14 Noemfoor; Chapter 15 Leyte Firefight; Chapter 16 The Calm before the Storm; Chapter 17 Caught Napping.
Chapter 18 Buri AirfieldChapter 19 By Air and by Sea; Chapter 20 Tagaytay Ridge; Chapter 21 The Rock; Chapter 22 Rock Force Assault; Chapter 23 Seizing the Rock; Chapter 24 Los BaÃ±os; Chapter 25 The Raid; Chapter 26 The Last Jump; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Other Books in the Series; Back Cover; Discover More.

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