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Contents Chapter Page DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABOUT THE EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDITORIAL NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii iii vii ix xi xiii xv xviii HAP AT MIDPOINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6 ENGLAND 31 AUGUST–8 SEPTEMBER 1943 . . . . . . . . . . 13 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 7 CAIRO, TEHRAN, PALESTINE, CAIRO, ITALY 11 NOVEMBER–15 DECEMBER 1943 . . . . . . . 67 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 8 ENGLAND, NORMANDY BEACHES, ITALY 8 JUNE–21 JUNE 1944 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 v
Chapter Page Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 9 QUEBEC 11 SEPTEMBER–16 SEPTEMBER 1944 . . . . . . 185 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 10 PARIS, CANNES, ITALY, NORTH AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA 31 MARCH–8 MAY 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 PHOTO SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 11 HAWAII, GUAM, IWO JIMA, PHILIPPINES 6 JUNE–24 JUNE 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 12 PARIS AND GERMANY 10 JULY–30 JULY 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 EPILOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 vi
Page 2 and 3: American Airpower Comes of Age Gene
Page 4 and 5: This volume is dedicated to my wife
Page 8 and 9: Foreword This volume has richly enh
Page 10 and 11: About the Editor Major General John
Page 12 and 13: Preface Although the need for a com
Page 14 and 15: Acknowledgments As all researchers
Page 16 and 17: Editorial Notes Several years ago,
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