9781603440196 - Operation PLUM: The Ill-fated 27th Bombardment Group and the Fight for the Western Pacific: 117 (Williams-Ford Texas a&M University Military History Series) de Mart... (10 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Almost like new in Jacket. Black and white photos, maps.

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xviii, 364 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Red cloth with vibrant gilt stamped lettering to spine. Slight soiling on several initial leaves but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ISBN 9781603440196.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ADRIAN MARTIN and LARRY STEPHENSON. This Book is in Very Good condition. See our picture for exact item you will receive. All items ship within 24 hours. Packaging is 100% Recyclable. Most items purchased from Charitable organizations. A portion of each sale is also donated to a monthly charity, check your package for this month's charity. Reuse-Recycle-Rebook!

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Illus. , maps, jacket now in a clear protector; 364 pages.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. xviii + 364 pp., maps, b/w photos, appendices, notes, bib., index. The Ill-Fated 27th Bombardment Group and the Fight for the Western Pacific. The 27th was caught in the Philippines at the beginning of the war and virtually wiped out. Signed presentation from one author on the f.f.e.p.,"To Steve, Enjoy the chapter of the raid before the RAID! Adrian Martin 7/14/12." Bright red colored cloth bound hard cover book in fine cond., d/w same. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. new unread mylar cover private library liquidation.

Hardback. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. 1st ed. 364p. Photos. Maps. As New/As New Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Personalized 2008 inscription by Adrian R. Martin on ffep, with Larry Stephenson's signature above. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix 1-5, Notes. Bibliography. Index. Military historians and readers interested in World War II will appreciate the rich perspective presented in Operation PLUM. They went in as confident young warriors. They came out as battle-scarred veterans, POW camp survivors. . . . or worse. The Army Air Corps' 27th Bombardment Group arrived in the Philippines in November 1941 with 1,209 men; one year later, only 20 returned to the United States. During the Second World War, the 27th Bombardment (later Fighter) Group fought in the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean, Middle East and African theaters. Its ground personnel fought as infantry in the 19411942 Battle of Bataan with the survivors being forced to march as prisoners in the Bataan Death March. Later, its air echelon was awarded five Distinguished Unit Citations and a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The airmen of the 27th were among the most decorated USAAF units of the war. Adrian R. Martin, a retired high school teacher, is the author of three books, including Operation Plum and Brothers from Bataan: POWs 19421945. Larry W. Stephenson, the nephew of Capt. Glenwood Stephenson, a participant in Operation PLUM, is the Ford-Webber Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. A retired Army colonel, Stephenson also serves as an associate editor of a major medical journal and has written six other books and more than 300 articles. The Japanese attacked the Philippines on the same morning as Pearl Harbor and invaded soon after. Allied air routes back to the Philippines were soon cut, forcing pilots to fight their air war from bases in Java, Australia, and New Guinea. The 27th and other such units were pivotal in delaying the Japanese timetable for conquest. Based largely on primary materials, including a fifty-nine-page report written by the surviving unit members in September 1942, Operation PLUM (from the code name for the U.S. Army in the Philippines) gives an account of the 27th Bombardment Group and the opening months of the Pacific theater. On 1 February 1940, the United States Army Air Corps activated the 27th Bombardment Group (Light) at Barksdale Army Airfield, Louisiana and equipped it with the Douglas B-18 Bolo Light bomber aircraft. The group consisted of the 15th, 16th and 17th Bombardment Squadrons. In October 1941 the group moved to Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, less the 15th Bombardment Squadron, which was reassigned to V Air Support Command on 14 October. On 21 October 1941 the group was ordered to the Philippine Islands in response to the growing crisis in the Pacific. Arriving at Fort William McKinley in the Philippines on 20 November, the 27th BG (L) readied itself for delivery of its A-24 Dauntless aircraft. Concern grew as days turned into weeks and still the planes had not arrived. Unknown to the 27th BG (L) Airmen, to avoid capture or destruction, the ship carrying the planes was diverted to Australia when the war escalated. On 18 December Major John H. Davies, 27th BG (L) commander, and an aircrew of 20 flew from Clark Field on Luzon in two B-18s and one Douglas C-39 of Transport Command to Tarakan Island in the Dutch East Indies to Darwin Australia arriving on 22 December. Flying from Darwin, the group arrived in Brisbane on 24 December to pick up their A-24s off the ship USAT Meigs. However, as a swift Japanese advance prevented his group from returning to the Philippines, the air echelon of the 27th was ordered to operate from Brisbane. The ground echelon of the 27th was evacuated south from Luzon on 25 December to the Bataan Peninsula, arriving to form the 2nd Battalion (27th Bombardment Group) Provisional Infantry Regiment (Air Corp). For the 99 days following the attack on Pearl Harbor until their surrender to the Japanese after the Battle of Bataan, the men of the 27th BG became the only Air Force unit in history to fight as an infantry regiment, and were the only unit to be taken captive in whole.