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Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 80 pages. 9.16x6.32x0.23 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. new unread mylar cover private library liquidation.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: DJ Fine. 1st Edition. Personalized 2008 inscription by Adrian R. Martin on ffep, with Larry Stephenson's signature above. Signed by Author(s).

(Wayne State University Cardiothoracic Alumni Association 2001). Illus, 11 x 8.5", stapled wraps, 23pp, one line partially highlighted, covers soiled. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 363 pages. 9.21x5.98x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Very good condition. B/W photos. 364pp. ISBN 9781603441841.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix 1-5, Notes. Bibliography. Index. Military historians and readers interested in World War II will appreciate the rich perspective presented in Operation PLUM. They went in as confident young warriors. They came out as battle-scarred veterans, POW camp survivors. . . . or worse. The Army Air Corps' 27th Bombardment Group arrived in the Philippines in November 1941 with 1,209 men; one year later, only 20 returned to the United States. During the Second World War, the 27th Bombardment (later Fighter) Group fought in the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean, Middle East and African theaters. Its ground personnel fought as infantry in the 19411942 Battle of Bataan with the survivors being forced to march as prisoners in the Bataan Death March. Later, its air echelon was awarded five Distinguished Unit Citations and a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The airmen of the 27th were among the most decorated USAAF units of the war. Adrian R. Martin, a retired high school teacher, is the author of three books, including Operation Plum and Brothers from Bataan: POWs 19421945. Larry W. Stephenson, the nephew of Capt. Glenwood Stephenson, a participant in Operation PLUM, is the Ford-Webber Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. A retired Army colonel, Stephenson also serves as an associate editor of a major medical journal and has written six other books and more than 300 articles. The Japanese attacked the Philippines on the same morning as Pearl Harbor and invaded soon after. Allied air routes back to the Philippines were soon cut, forcing pilots to fight their air war from bases in Java, Australia, and New Guinea. The 27th and other such units were pivotal in delaying the Japanese timetable for conquest. Based largely on primary materials, including a fifty-nine-page report written by the surviving unit members in September 1942, Operation PLUM (from the code name for the U.S. Army in the Philippines) gives an account of the 27th Bombardment Group and the opening months of the Pacific theater. On 1 February 1940, the United States Army Air Corps activated the 27th Bombardment Group (Light) at Barksdale Army Airfield, Louisiana and equipped it with the Douglas B-18 Bolo Light bomber aircraft. The group consisted of the 15th, 16th and 17th Bombardment Squadrons. In October 1941 the group moved to Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, less the 15th Bombardment Squadron, which was reassigned to V Air Support Command on 14 October. On 21 October 1941 the group was ordered to the Philippine Islands in response to the growing crisis in the Pacific. Arriving at Fort William McKinley in the Philippines on 20 November, the 27th BG (L) readied itself for delivery of its A-24 Dauntless aircraft. Concern grew as days turned into weeks and still the planes had not arrived. Unknown to the 27th BG (L) Airmen, to avoid capture or destruction, the ship carrying the planes was diverted to Australia when the war escalated. On 18 December Major John H. Davies, 27th BG (L) commander, and an aircrew of 20 flew from Clark Field on Luzon in two B-18s and one Douglas C-39 of Transport Command to Tarakan Island in the Dutch East Indies to Darwin Australia arriving on 22 December. Flying from Darwin, the group arrived in Brisbane on 24 December to pick up their A-24s off the ship USAT Meigs. However, as a swift Japanese advance prevented his group from returning to the Philippines, the air echelon of the 27th was ordered to operate from Brisbane. The ground echelon of the 27th was evacuated south from Luzon on 25 December to the Bataan Peninsula, arriving to form the 2nd Battalion (27th Bombardment Group) Provisional Infantry Regiment (Air Corp). For the 99 days following the attack on Pearl Harbor until their surrender to the Japanese after the Battle of Bataan, the men of the 27th BG became the only Air Force unit in history to fight as an infantry regiment, and were the only unit to be taken captive in whole. …

Photos, 12.5 x 9.5", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 437pp with index, minor shelf wear, hinges a little loose, in a rubbed dustjacket with the bottom front flap wrinkled. SCARCE.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 326 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.