The unknown battle of midway: The destruction of the american torpedo squadrons

The Unknown Battle of Midway: The Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-181

  Kernan, Alvin ^a,b  

^a Avalon University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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