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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

by Ted W. Lawson · 1943

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Edited by Robert Considine this is an account of the historic Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942 by a crew member who lost a leg in the incident. The book was an immediate best seller and was soon made into a movie of the same name. Possible first, but is wartime printing with no price on inner flap, and paper laminate hardcover.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisJapanJapanMore like thisLess of thisTokyoTokyoMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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