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170 pp.
| Indiana
| March, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-0-87195-282-0$17.95
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Dubbed "leading ace" by the U.S. Navy, Vraciu was best known for shooting down six enemy dive-bombers in eight minutes. Through his story, readers follow WWII from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Black-and-white photographs and quotes from primary sources make this biography a credible and compelling account. Reading list, websites. Ind.