Kangaroo Squadron: American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II
By Bruce Gamble
Read by Mark Boyett
Unabridged
Format :
Library CD (In Stock)
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: Playaway
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ISBN: 9781549176890
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ISBN: 9781549176876
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ISBN: 9781549149467
Runtime: | 14.06 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/History |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
The dramatic untold story of the first US Army Air Force unit to attack the Japanese after Pearl HarborIn early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy.
Based in Australia with poor supplies and dubbed the Kangaroo Squadron, the pilots and crew faced tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the squadron proved remarkably resilient and successful, conducting long-range bombing raids, armed reconnaissance missions, and rescuing General MacArthur and his staff from the Philippines.
Before now, the story of their courage and determination in the face of overwhelming odds has largely been untold. Using eyewitness accounts based on personal diaries, letters, new interviews, and memoirs as well as Japanese sources historian Bruce Gamble brings to vivid life this dramatic true story.
But the Kangaroo Squadron's story doesn't end in World War II-the very first B-17 downed in combat has recently been recovered from jungle swamps. The intertwined stories of the Kangaroo Squadron and the "Swamp Ghost" are filled with thrilling accounts of aerial combat, an epic jungle survival story, and the powerful mystique of an abandoned bomber that compelled men to possess it at any cost.
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, Playaway |
Category: | Nonfiction/History |
Runtime: | 14.06 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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