Fighting the night Iwo Jima, World War II, and a flyer's life

"In the fall of 1944, Joe Paul Hendrickson, the author's father, kissed his twenty-one-year-old wife and two baby children goodbye. The twenty-five-year-old first lieutenant, pilot of a famed P-61 Black Widow, was leaving for the war. He and his night fighter squadron were sent to Iwo Jima, where, f...

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Main Author:	Hendrickson, Paul, 1944- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Hendrickson, Joseph P. > (Joseph Paul), > 1918-2003. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Japan. World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States. Fighter pilots > United States > Biography. Black Widow (Night fighter plane) Hendrickson, Paul, > 1944-
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