5000 Miles Towards Tokyo - Green Peyton

5000 Miles Towards Tokyo

By: Green Peyton

Paperback | 7 December 2023

At a Glance

Paperback


$44.95

or 4 interest-free payments of $11.24 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 10 to 15 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

5,000 Miles Towards Tokyo, first published in 1945, is the story of four U.S. Navy escort-carriers forming Air Group 60, especially the Suwannee (a converted oiler and home to the author) in the South Pacific during 1943 and 1944. The Group played a vital role in every important Pacific invasion from the Gilbert Islands to the Philippines, with its pilots flying thousands of bombing missions and patrols. The book looks at daily operations aboard the ships, plus paints a bigger picture of the action taking place in the South Pacific such as the strategies and decision-making of high-ranking officers, such as Generals MacArthur and Halsey. Author Green Peyton (pseudonym for Green Peyton Wertenbaker) was a noted science-fiction writer prior to the War; during the conflict he served as an air combat intelligence officer aboard the USS Suwannee, the focus of much of this book. The author worked daily with the Hellcat pilots of his squadron. Included are 18 pages of maps and illustrations and a complete index. Green Peyton died on July 26, 1968.

More in Historical, Political and Military Biographies

Emperor of the Seas : Kublai Khan and the Making of China - Jack Weatherford
Melania : A Memoir - Melania Trump

RRP $69.99

$49.75

29%
OFF
The Gulag Archipelago : 1918-56 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

RRP $37.99

$33.90

11%
OFF
Churchill : Walking with Destiny - Andrew Roberts

RRP $35.00

$31.75

Bennelong and Phillip : A History Unravelled - Kate Fullagar

RRP $55.00

$39.90

27%
OFF
James Fairfax : Portrait of a collector in eleven objects - Alexander Edward Gilly
Freedom : Memoirs 1954 - 2021 - Angela Merkel

RRP $54.99

$41.50

25%
OFF
Trump : The Art of the Deal - Donald Trump

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Henry V : The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King - Dan Jones
Zero Negativity : The Power of Positive Thinking - Ant Middleton
Night : Penguin Modern Classics - Elie Wiesel

RRP $22.99

$17.75

23%
OFF