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Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
by Wil S. Hylton
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* Vanished - The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II --Copyright 2013 by author. Cover photo by Tim Hetherington, book design by -Meighton Caranaugh. Full number line. Second edition. Jacket design by Alex Merto, Jacket Photographs: Palau, Tim Hetherington/Magnum Photos, Airplane, CA 1942 Courtesy Library of Congress. ..This book in in unread condition the only flaw it has is very minor chipping of the upper and lower corner of the dust jacket and some minor edge ware. "A powerful story, masterfully told."—GQ "[A] deeply textured, propulsive new book...a phenomenal writer."—TIME.com "Marries an almost cinematic-ally well-paced narrative with a deep sensitivity to the people whose lives it tells."—The Boston Globe "Superb... Part Pacific Theater history, part Indiana Jones thriller."—Newsday , see pictures maybe this will do it - - Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II Hardcover – November 5, 2013 by Wil S. Hylton-Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II Author-Wil S. Hylton-Edition -i illustrated, reprint -Publisher-Penguin, 2014 ISBN -1594632863, 9781594632860 -Length -302 pages -Subjects History ' Military ' World War II HISTORY / General HISTORY / United States / General History / Military / Aviation History / Military / World War I I -- LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed- in foam core- to protect it in transit - sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer.. inv bmk 20 bib 2592
Synopsis
In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the wreckage wasn't there. Witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety, yet the airmen were never seen again. Some of their relatives whispered that they had returned to the United States in secret and lived in hiding. But they never explained why. For sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the islands for clues. They trolled the water with side-scan sonar, conducted grid searches on the seafloor, crawled through thickets of mangrove and poison trees, and flew over the islands in small planes to shoot infrared photography. With every clue they found, the mystery only deepened. Now, in a spellbinding narrative, Wil S. Hylton weaves together the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance remained shrouded in secrecy for so long. This is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, and faith— of the undying hope among the families of the missing, and the relentless determination of scientists, explorers, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to solve one of the enduring mysteries of World War II.
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- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2592
- Title
- Vanished
- Author
- Wil S. Hylton
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594632863
- ISBN 13
- 9781594632860
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2014-11
- Keywords
- Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II Author Wil S. Hylton Edition illustrated, reprint Publisher Penguin, 2014 ISBN 1594632863, 9781594632860 Length 302 pages Subjects History › Military › World War II HISTORY / General
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