Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program
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Category : Industrial mobilization
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
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Investigation of the National Defense Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program
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Category : Industrial mobilization
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
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Category : Industrial mobilization
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
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Navy Department Communiques
Author: United States. Navy Department
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Army, Navy, Air Force Journal & Register
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Army and Navy Journal
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Investigation of the National Defense Program: Iron and steel, July 28-30, Aug. 6, 7, 11, 1942
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program
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Category : Air bases
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
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Part 41, focuses on Navy fuel purchase contracts for Saudi Arabian oil and businesses' use of institutional advertising for tax exemptions during and after the war.
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Category : Air bases
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
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Part 41, focuses on Navy fuel purchase contracts for Saudi Arabian oil and businesses' use of institutional advertising for tax exemptions during and after the war.
The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Pawns of War
Author: Dwight R. Messimer
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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"In February 1942 as the war in the Pacific came into full swing, a proud old aircraft carrier, the USS Langley, was called upon to attempt a mad dash across the Indian Ocean to deliver P-40 fighter planes to the Allies at Tjilatjap. To many, her mission seemed pointless, a desperate bid to serve a hopeless cause. To Dwight Messimer, the author of this carefully researched book, it was one of the monumentally stupid decisions of World War II, filled with political expediency and bureaucratic bumbling. Above all, it was a costly mistake in which nearly 800 men and three U.S. Navy ships were lost. Here at last is the full story behind this tragic episode. Based on over fifty eyewitness accounts by survivors, war documents never before cited, and original Japanese sources, Pawns of War describes in captivating detail the events that led up to the mission, the attack on the Langley by Japanese bombers, her abandonment and eventual sinking, the rescue of her survivors, and the attack on and sinking of the USS Pecos, the fleet oiler that took on most of her crew. But this book is more than just the story of the sinking of the Langley and the Pecos. It is also an in-depth examination of the circumstances surrounding the disaster, including the command mistakes that were partially responsible for the ships' predicaments and the tragedy's controversial aftermath in which the Langley's captain was charged with prematurely abandoning his ship."--Adapted from Amazon.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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"In February 1942 as the war in the Pacific came into full swing, a proud old aircraft carrier, the USS Langley, was called upon to attempt a mad dash across the Indian Ocean to deliver P-40 fighter planes to the Allies at Tjilatjap. To many, her mission seemed pointless, a desperate bid to serve a hopeless cause. To Dwight Messimer, the author of this carefully researched book, it was one of the monumentally stupid decisions of World War II, filled with political expediency and bureaucratic bumbling. Above all, it was a costly mistake in which nearly 800 men and three U.S. Navy ships were lost. Here at last is the full story behind this tragic episode. Based on over fifty eyewitness accounts by survivors, war documents never before cited, and original Japanese sources, Pawns of War describes in captivating detail the events that led up to the mission, the attack on the Langley by Japanese bombers, her abandonment and eventual sinking, the rescue of her survivors, and the attack on and sinking of the USS Pecos, the fleet oiler that took on most of her crew. But this book is more than just the story of the sinking of the Langley and the Pecos. It is also an in-depth examination of the circumstances surrounding the disaster, including the command mistakes that were partially responsible for the ships' predicaments and the tragedy's controversial aftermath in which the Langley's captain was charged with prematurely abandoning his ship."--Adapted from Amazon.
Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil
Author: Worrall Reed Carter
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Category : Logistics, Naval
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Category : Logistics, Naval
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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The Army-Navy-Air Force Register
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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