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Book Title: The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9.4in.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2011
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Item Height: 1.1in.
Author: Gregory A. Freeman
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Law, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Air Force, American History, Combat, International Law, Military History, True Crime, True Military Stories, World War II, Military / Aviation, Military / World War II, War Crime
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6.5in.
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
