Fateful Rendezvous

Author : John B Lundstrom,Steve Ewing
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612512211

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Fateful Rendezvous by John B Lundstrom,Steve Ewing Pdf

Fighter pilot Butch O'Hare became one of America's heroes in 1942 when he saved the carrier Lexington in what has been called the most daring single action in the history of combat aviation. In fascinating detail the authors describe how O'Hare shot down five attacking Japanese bombers and severely damaged a sixth and other awe-inspiring feats of aerial combat that won him awards, including the Medal of Honor. They also explain his key role in developing tactics and night-fighting techniques that helped defeat the Japanese. In addition, the authors investigate events leading up to O'Hare's disappearance in 1943 while intercepting torpedo bombers headed for the Enterprise. First published in 1997, this biography utilizes O'Hare family papers and U.S. and Japanese war records as well as eyewitness interviews. It is essential reading for a true understanding of the development of the combat naval aviation and the talents of the universally admired and well-liked Butch O'Hare.

Author : David Sears
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780306819797

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Pacific Air by David Sears Pdf

In a grand sweeping narrative, Pacific Air tells the inspiring story of how, despite initial disastrous defeats, a generation of young naval aviators challenged and ultimately vanquished a superior Japanese air force and fleet in the Pacific. The instruments of the United States aviators' triumphs were the elegantly designed F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, as well as the lethal TBF Avenger torpedo bomber. With superbly trained U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators at their controls, these planes became the most successful aerial weapons in naval history. A majestic portrait of a proud era from dual perspectives--the inventive minds of young aeronautical engineers and the deadly artistry of even younger combat pilots -- Pacific Air brings this important yet underappreciated chapter of World War II vividly to life.

Author : Michael Branigan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614234005

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A History of Chicago's O'Hare Airport by Michael Branigan Pdf

“Delves into O’Hare’s past and present, based on Branigan’s extensive research and his interviews with aviation professionals and enthusiasts” (Chicago Tribune). In 1942, a stretch of Illinois prairie that had served as a battleground and a railroad depot became the site of a major manufacturing plant, producing Douglas C-54 Skymasters for World War II. Less than twenty years later, that plot of land boasted the biggest and busiest airport in the world. Many of the millions who have since passed through it have likely only regarded it as a place between cities. But for people like Michael Branigan, who has spent years on its tarmac, they know that O’Hare is a city unto itself, with a fascinating history of gangsters, heroes, mayors, presidents, and pilots. Includes photos! “This book reads like no other in the aviation industry from the historical context. Mike is a prolific writer with a knack for telling a story in a way that people can easily relate and understand.” —TribLocal

Author : Steve Ewing
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612512648

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Thach Weave by Steve Ewing Pdf

This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots--Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley--who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II. While O'Hare and Flatley were instrumental in making the "weave" a success, Thach was its theoretical innovator, and his use of the tactic in combat at Midway documented its practical application. This portrait of the famous pilot provides a memorable account of how Thach, convinced that his Wildcat was no match for Japan's formidable Zero, found a way to give his squadron a fighting chance. Using matchsticks on his kitchen table, he devised a solution that came to be called the Thach Weave. But as Steve Ewing is quick to point out, this was not Thach's sole contribution to the Navy. Throughout his forty-year career, Thach provided answers to multiple challenges facing the Navy, and his ideas were implemented service wide. A highly decorated ace, Thach was an early test pilot, a creative task force operations officer in the last year of World War II, and an outstanding carrier commander in the Korean War. During the Cold War, he contributed to advances in antisubmarine warfare. This biography shows him to be a charismatic leader interested in everyone around him, regardless of rank or status. His dry sense of humor and constant smile attracted people from all walks of life, and he was a popular figure in Hollywood. Thach remains a hero among naval aviators, his most famous combat tactic still used by today's pilots.

Author : Hans-Georg Wolf
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3110170531

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English in Cameroon by Hans-Georg Wolf Pdf

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Author : Jack Le Vien,John Lord
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789122954

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Winston Churchill by Jack Le Vien,John Lord Pdf

“It is my earnest hope that pondering upon the past may give guidance in days to come, enable a new generation to repair some of the errors of former years and thus govern, in accordance with the needs and glory of man, the awful unfolding scene of the future.”—Winston Spencer Churchill From the miracle of Dunkirk to the rape of Warsaw, from the dark corridors of the Kremlin to the embattled heroes of Corregidor, here is the whole panorama of The Second World War. And here is the story of the man upon whose shoulders fell the deadly weight of leadership in the darkest days of the conflict. This is the narrative of Winston Churchill’s—and the Allies’—most valiant years. Captured between these covers are all the exciting action and profound drama of mankind’s most awesome struggle. This concise yet comprehensive narrative encompasses the most vivid events of the War, as seen through the eyes of its greatest leader—and through the eyes of those who were led. We listen to the secret conferences between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill, peer through the rifle sight of an American infantryman, hear the skirl of the pipes at Alamein, learn how the great decisions were made, measure their cost in blood and courage. Here are the tears and the laughter, the heroism, the glory and the senselessness of war, the pageantry, the black ruin, the excitement, the despair. Here is the palpable taste of war. Here, in dramatic, readable form, is the story of how Sir Winston Churchill achieved immortality in his own lifetime.

Author : Timothy S. Wolters
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781421410845

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Information at Sea by Timothy S. Wolters Pdf

This is the first book to explore information management at sea as practiced by the U.S. Navy from the Civil War to World War II. The brain of a modern warship is its combat information center (CIC). Data about friendly and enemy forces pour into this nerve center, contributing to command decisions about firing, maneuvering, and coordinating. Timothy S. Wolters has written the first book to investigate the history of the CIC and the many other command and control systems adopted by the U.S. Navy from the Civil War to World War II. What institutional ethos spurred such innovation? Information at Sea tells the fascinating stories of the naval and civilian personnel who developed an array of technologies for managing information at sea, from signal flares and radio to encryption machines and radar. Wolters uses previously untapped archival sources to explore how one of America's most technologically oriented institutions addressed information management before the advent of the digital computer. He argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians.

Author : W. Bruce Kippen
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781438945170

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Lords Of The Frontier by W. Bruce Kippen Pdf

W. Bruce Kippen trained as a pilot and flight engineer with the Royal Canadian Air Force, before attending McGill University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree majoring in Economics. His subsequent career studies of leaders in industry, finance, and politics in Canada, the U.S.A., and England has led him to write an intriguing novel relating to historical events narrating the career paths of three dynamic entrepreneurs over a fifty-year period. As a long-time member of the Montreal and Toronto Stock Exchanges, and head of the investment firm, Kippen and Company, Inc., he has been instrumental in financing a number of industrial and natural-resource enterprises; including, as a co-founder with a long-time college associate, the formidable base metal mine, Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corporation, now owned by Noranda Mines, Ltd. This was followed by several oil-and-gas-producing companies in Western Canada, which matured into Norcen Energy Resources Ltd., recently acquired by Union Pacific of California for over two billion dollars; and Unican Security Systems, Ltd., a five hundred thousand dollar financing, acquired twenty-five years later by Kaba Holding, A.G., of Italy, for six hundred and fifty million dollars. The firm also assisted in the financing of Great Canadian Oil Sand, Ltd., now Suncor Energy Inc., the pioneer developer of Alberta's Athabasca oil sands reservoir, now producing over six hundred thousand barrels of oil per day. His career experiences as a company founder, corporate executive, investment banker, and political activist, has been the genesis of his novel' Lords of the Frontier, narrating the careers of three dynamic young men, from their youthful, impecunious years on the western frontier, through the vicissitudes of war, booms, and depression in North America and England, from 1890, through the first forty-two years of the turbulent twentieth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112105167537

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Naval Aviation News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199315987

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The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds Pdf

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2013"--Title page verso.

Author : Sandrine Sorlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108833028

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The Stylistics of ‘You' by Sandrine Sorlin Pdf

Including examples from a broad range of sources, this book explores the pragmatic functions and effects of 'you' across time, genre and medium, to provide an encompassing theoretical framework for the second-person pronoun. With its unique inter-disciplinary perspective, it will interest students and scholars of both linguistics and literature.

Author : Brooks A. Horsley
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595174546

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And the Morning and the Evening Were the First Day by Brooks A. Horsley Pdf

Quirky 74 year old Rowan Bjornsted, a professor of twentieth century history, writes her memoirs in 2340 with instructions they not be published before 2440. She knows they will and must be read for what they reveal of the shadowy, epoch creating Sirius star probe. Launched in 2151, this star probe completely redirected human history. The path of these memoirs to our own times is most unusual. They come to us from the planet of Sapphire and were sent from the year 3750.

Author : Wayne Ward
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 939 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781412214070

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The Last Seaman by Wayne Ward Pdf

Marty Leigh has wanted to go to sea ever since he was a boy growing up outside the Queen Victoria Markets. Despite his fathers misgivings and insistence that Marty learn a trade, Marty is determined to see his dream come true. When he is nearly seventeen, Marty takes the first step and signs up to be a deck boy. Now all he has to do is wait. Two weeks later, Marty receives a call that he is to set sail on the SS Barwon immediately. With his young heart beating wildly, his blood racing through his veins, and his suitcase held together with a leather strap, Marty climbs his first gangway and begins a new life. All the union asks of him is loyalty in exchange for dignity, strength, and close association with his own kind. As Marty attempts to acclimate to life at sea, he has no idea that one day far into the future, he will walk down his last gangway as a bitter, disillusioned man irrevocably changed by the sea. In this historical tale, a teenager embarks on a remarkable coming-of-age adventure where he quickly learns that it is not he who controls his destiny, but the sea.

Author : Robert Seltzer,Norman S. Cohen
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814739570

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The Americanization of the Jews by Robert Seltzer,Norman S. Cohen Pdf

How did Judaism, a religion so often defined by its minority status, attain equal footing in the trinity of Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism that now dominates modern American religious life? THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE JEWS seeks out the effects of this evolution on both Jews in America and an America with Jews. Although English, French, and Dutch Jewries are usually considered the principal forerunners of modern Jewry, Jews have lived as long in North America as they have in post- medieval Britain and France and only sixty years less than in Amsterdam. As one of the four especially creative Jewish communities that has helped re-shape and re-formulate modern Judaism, American Judaism is the most complex and least understood. German Jewry is recognized for its contribution to modern Jewish theology and philosophy, Russian and Polish Jewry is known for its secular influence in literature, and Israel clearly offers Judaism a new stance as a homeland. But how does one capture the interplay between America and Judaism? Immigration to America meant that much of Judaism was discarded, and much was retained. Acculturation did not always lead to assimilation: Jewishness was honed as an independent variable in the motivations of many of its American adherents- -and has remained so, even though Jewish institutions, ideologies, and even Jewish values have been reshaped by America to such an degree that many Jews of the past might not recognize as Jewish some of what constitutes American Jewishness. This collection of essays explores the paradoxes that abound in the America/Judaism relationship, focusing on such specific issues as Jews and American politics in the twentieth century, the adaptation of Jewish religious life to the American environment, the contributions and impact of the women's movement, and commentaries on the Jewish future in America.

Author : Paul Cushman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438439860

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Richard Varick: A Forgotten Founding Father by Paul Cushman Pdf

Born in 1753 to a prominent Dutch-American family in Hackensack, New Jersey, Richard Varick became a lawyer, then a Patriot officer in the American Revolutionary War. Colonel Varick served with distinction as aide to generals Philip Schuyler and Benedict Arnold. Later, George Washington entrusted him with the editing of his wartime papers—forty-four volumes now housed in the Library of Congress. In peacetime Varick helped initiate the new Federalist-oriented government of New York City, becoming its mayor from 1789–1801. Next he turned his energies to the accumulation of lucrative real estate, all the while furthering the development of Columbia University and the Society of the Cincinnati, and starting the entity that became Jersey City. His personal passion was to help promulgate the Christian message, especially through the founding of the American Bible Society and the New York Sunday School Union. A highly respected, multitalented businessman and national hero, he was returned to Hackensack for burial in 1831.