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    <body><![CDATA[There were several times in this book where I had to tune it out.  Learning of the atrocities committed by the Japanese commanders on United States Navy pilots was enough to make me sick.<br/><br/>James Bradley plunges into the stories of several young American naval pilots who attempted to dive-b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48160584">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a confession: documentaries and non-fiction about WWII is like crack to me.  I just can't stop and I can't get enough.  This book not only recounts the air war in the Pacific Theatre, but also lays down historical prelude to WWII going all the way back to when Admiral Perry forced America's w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45131015">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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