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Never call me a hero: a legendary American dive-bomber pilot remembers the Battle of Midway

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Kleiss, N. Jack

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English

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Burlington Public Library - Non-fiction
940.5426 KLEISS 2017
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Burlington Public Library - Large Print Non-fiction
LP 940.5426 KLEISS 2017
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Foreword / by Jill Kleiss

Introduction / by Norman Jack Kleiss

Kansas childhood, 1916-1932

The lure of flight, 1932-1934

Midshipman, 1934-1938

Finding love, 1938-1939

The Navy's surface fleet, 1939-1940

Flight training, 1940-1941

Scouting Squadron Six, part 1, May-June 1941

Scouting Squadron Six, part 2, June-November 1941

The Pacific War begins, November 1941-January 1942

The battle of the Marshall Islands, February 1942

Wake and Marcus Islands, February-March 1942

Return to the central Pacific, March-June 1942

The Battle of Midway, part 1, the morning attack, June 4, 1942

The Battle of Midway, part 2, the afternoon attack, June 4, 1942

The Battle of Midway, part 3, June 5 and 6, 1942

Return to the States, June-October 1942

Flight instructor, 1942-1945

My life after the Second World War, 1946-1976

Remembering Midway, 1976-2016

Afterword / by Timothy J. Orr

Appendix: Roster, Scouting Squadron Six, May 1941 to June 1942

Glossary of military acronyms.

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Subjects

Aerial operations, American
Autobiographies
Biography & Autobiography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Dive bomber pilots
Dive bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)
Historical
History
HISTORY / Military / World War II
Kleiss, N. Jack
Kleiss, N. Jack, -- 1916-2016
Large type books
Midway, Battle of, 1942
Midway, Battle of, 1942 -- Personal narratives, American
Military
Military -- Biography
Naval operations, American
Personal narratives
United States. -- Navy. -- Scouting Squadron Six -- Biography
Wars & Conflicts
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
World War Ii

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Kleiss, N. Jack Author
Orr, Laura Author
Orr, Laura A. author
Orr, Laura Lawfer author
Orr, Timothy Author

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Orr, Timothy J. author

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ISBN

9780062692054
9780062692368
9780062694720

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