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020			_a0-8217-1213-6
040			_erda
050			_aDS 686.4 _b.C818 1983a
100			_aCortesi, Lawrence _948651
245		0	_aValor at Leyte / _cLawrence Cortesi.
264			_aNew York : _bKensington Pub.
300			_a252 pages : _billustrations _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_a p. 249-252
504			_aBibliography
520			_aThe Japanese held the high ground on Leyte, the Philippine island which both sides saw as crucial to controlling the Pacific. Since the Japanese held a double advantage of being dug in and knowing that reinforcements were on the way, they felt secure against the lines of U.S. infantry and Marines battling across the island. What the Japanese didn't take into account, though, was the U.S.'s superiority in the air -- our ability and willingness to brave stormy skies and anti-aircraft fire--as wave after wave of American fighters and bombers pounded the enemy troop convoys and supply ships into a watery grave in Ormoc Bay. --From the back cover
650			_aPhilippine Sea, Battles of the, 1944 _zLeyte _2sears _992722
650			_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zPhilippines _2sears _971882
942			_cIRC
999			_c62449 _d62449