MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 01716cam a2200349 i 4500
001 2014042127
003 DLC
005 20150701081926.0
008 150122s2015 mauafb b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014042127
020 $a9780306823244 (hardcover)
020 $z9780306823251 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---$aa-ja---$ap------
050 00 $aD774.L3$bW85 2015
082 00 $a940.54/252294$223
100 1 $aWukovits, John F.,$d1944-
245 10 $aHell from the heavens :$bthe epic story of the USS Laffey and World War II's greatest kamikaze attack /$cJohn F. Wukovits.
264 1 $aCambridge, MA :$bDa Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group,$c2015.
300 $axvii, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
505 0 $aPart I. The Normandy training ground -- The formation of a crew -- Off Normandy's shores -- To the Pacific -- Part II. Into Pacific combat -- Kamikazes stage a terrifying introduction -- North from the Philippines -- Part III. Hell from the heavens -- First days at Okinawa -- The triumph of Laffey's gunners -- Agony on the afterdeck -- Defying the odds -- A lasting legacy.
610 20 $aLaffey (Ship)
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Area.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Japanese.
610 10 $aJapan.$bKaigun.$bKamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.
650 0 $aKamikaze pilots$zJapan.