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Title: Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir
Publisher: Brassey's Inc
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1574880357
ISBN 13: 9781574880359
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: acceptable

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Days after Pearl Harbour, the Japanese struck the small US garrison on Wake Island. As the primary maintenance officer when not in the air fighting the Japanese, young pilot John F. Kinney used all his ingenuity to oversee the cannibalization of crippled planes. His heroic effort helped enable the desperate Marine and Navy defenders to hold out for an incredible two weeks. After the island's inevitable surrender, Kinney was a Japanese prisoner in China for the next three-and-a-half years. During this time, he put his mechanical skills to work, creating numerous items to improve his fellow POW's situation, including, from scratch, a radio. Toward the end of the war, Kinney escaped from a prison train and, with the assistance of both Nationalist and Communist troops, made his way to an American airfield. He had a subsequent USMC career, flying fighters in the Korean War and developing the classic A4-D Skyhawk. James A. McCaffrey is the author of "This Band of Heroes: Granbury's Texas Brigade, CSA" and "Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848".

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"General Kinney's firsthand account of his unique experiences in World War II is guaranteed to keep the reader on the edge of the chair. From the heroic defense of Wake Island to the horrible years as a prisoner of the Japanese and the spine-tingling account of his escape that was three years in the making, Kinney provides new insights and perspectives into the war in the Pacific." --Brig. Gen. Philip D. Caine, USAF (Ret.), author of SPITFIRES, THUNDERBOLTS, AND WARM BEER: AN AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOT OVER EUROPE

"General Kinney s firsthand account of his unique experiences in World War II is guaranteed to keep the reader on the edge of the chair. From the heroic defense of Wake Island to the horrible years as a prisoner of the Japanese and the spine-tingling account of his escape that was three years in the making, Kinney provides new insights and perspectives into the war in the Pacific."

"Throughout his well-told story, Kinney describes the traits that make a leader, a pilot, and an engineer. His autobiography is one of drive, determination, intestinal fortitude, and will. World War II was won by heroes like John Kinney."

"John Kinney s actions at Wake Island epitomized the American flair for improvisation that was such a notable contribution in the early days of World War II. His exciting story is well worth reading."

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