057 CENTRAL PACIFIC 1943-45: Seventh Air Force's island-hopping war

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Details Seventh Air Force's part in the Pacific War, actions long overshadowed by the Navy's carrier war. Explains how Seventh Air Force fought in all the major 1943-45 Central Pacific campaigns -- the Gilberts, Marshalls, Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. As each island fell, and sometimes with the airfield still under Japanese fire, a detachment flew ashore to provide organic air defense and to start attacking the next targets. The Seventh provided a major part of the airpower at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and as the end of the war approached, its P-51s and P-47s then flew ultra-long-range B-29 escort missions. Illustrated throughout with 60 photos, mostly unpublished,16 pages of color illustrations, original artwork, and 3D diagrams.