Harper's Magazine, Volume 186Harper & Brothers, 1942 |
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Page 367
... planes were ap- proaching , Nakajima torpedo planes and dive - bombers covered by Messerschmitts and Zeros so numerous that all our fighters were occupied . Five minutes later the Japanese piled in on our ships , 108 of them , half ...
... planes were ap- proaching , Nakajima torpedo planes and dive - bombers covered by Messerschmitts and Zeros so numerous that all our fighters were occupied . Five minutes later the Japanese piled in on our ships , 108 of them , half ...
Page 550
... planes . The patrols had been out for two hours , and all the other planes were put in air to clear the deck when the carrier reached her rendezvous with a point in the ocean , turned into the wind at full speed , and brought the P ...
... planes . The patrols had been out for two hours , and all the other planes were put in air to clear the deck when the carrier reached her rendezvous with a point in the ocean , turned into the wind at full speed , and brought the P ...
Page 552
... planes for one in hard - headed anticipation of a day when a defense that could not be reinforced would break under mere attrition . Against such a strategy the Wasp's dash had provided only the most temporary respite ; she was hardly ...
... planes for one in hard - headed anticipation of a day when a defense that could not be reinforced would break under mere attrition . Against such a strategy the Wasp's dash had provided only the most temporary respite ; she was hardly ...
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