Sole Survivor; The Battle of Midway and the Effects on His Life
by George Gay (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0938300083
- ISBN 13
- 9780938300083
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$69.24CA$48.46
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About This Item
Naples, FL: Midway Publishers, 1980 Midway Publishers, Naples, FL. 1980. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good: light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light foxing to texblock top. DJ: Good; missing small piece at top of rear panel; foxing to flap folds; light sun fading to spine; closed tear to tail. Blue boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 320 pp 8vo. The author was an Ensign Pilot of a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator with Torpedo Squadron 8 on the USS Hornet at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Shot down and wounded, he was the only survivor of his squadron. He survived in shark infested waters for thirty hours before being rescued. He saw additional action at Guadalcanal and as a combat instructor at NAS Opalocka, FL. After WWII he flew for 30 years with TWA. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016907
- Title
- Sole Survivor; The Battle of Midway and the Effects on His Life
- Author
- George Gay (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0938300083
- ISBN 13
- 9780938300083
- Publisher
- Midway Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Naples, FL
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II in the Pacific, USS Hornet, Torpedo Squadron 8, Midway Island, Rescued at sea, naval aviators, carrier pilots, torpedo dive bombers, Douglas TBD-1, Devastator airplane, Purple Heart, Navy Cross,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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