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Enterprise : America's fightingest ship and the men who helped win World War II /

The USS Enterprise took part in twenty battles during World War II. No other American ship came close. Enterprise is credited with sinking or wrecking 71 Japanese ships and destroying 911 enemy aircraft. This is the epic, heroic story of this legendary aircraft carrier, nicknamed "the fightinge...

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Main Author:	Tillman, Barrett
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, [2012]
Subjects:	Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6) World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.

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