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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bergerud, Eric M.

Fire in the sky: the air war in the South Pacific / Eric M.
Bergerud.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8133-2985-X (hc)

1. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations. 2. World war,
1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania. 3. Oceania -- History, Military.
I. Title.

D785.B45 1999
940.54'26 -- dc21 99-40472
CIP

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