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The Illustrated History of Man in Space, by Robin Kerrod

"The story of man's struggle to conquer the last great frontier - space - is exciting and fascinating. Like all good stories it is interwoven with a multitude of plots and subplots, of heroes and heroines with the 'right stuff'. There are priceless moments of sheer ecstasy, and mind-numbing instants of profound tragedy. There is laughter and tears. There are hopes that are dashed, and dreams that are fulfilled. At times the story reads like so much science fiction, but it is twentieth century science fact.
The Illustrated History of Man in Space traces the story of man's inexorable march into space from the relatively brief missions in Vostok, Mercury, Voshkod, Gemini, Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft; to increasingly long marathons in space stations Skylab, Salyut and Mir. Robin Kerrod's lively and riveting text is complemented by a profusion of fascinating pictures that include many of the most spectacular space photographs ever taken. Where will the story end? In colonies on other planets? Coexisting with extraterrestrials on other worlds among the stars? Impossible? No! As Robert H. Goddard, the father of American rocketry, once said: 'It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.'"

Mallard Press:1989, ISBN 0-792-45040-X

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Ships of the U. S. Navy, edited by John Kirk

New York, N.Y., Exeter Books:1987, ISBN 0-671-08913-7 courtesy San Antonio Public Library

Pacific Carrier by Ruben P. Kitchen, Jr.

"The U.S.S. Yorktown: Her 'official' nickname was The Fighting Lady, but because of her incredible battle record her men gratefully called her The Lucky Y. More than 11,000 times, fighter planes, destined for some of the most crucial battles of World War II, were launched from her decks. The skies over Marcus Island, Wake Island, the Marshalls, Truk, and Guam blazed with flak and fire from her planes; the waters of The Pacific were reddened with the blood of the enemy when 2,000 Japanese aircraft and over 400 ships were downed, damaged, or destroyed by her planes and guns
Yet in spite of all the tide-turning action she saw, the Yorktown suffered only one 'battle scar' - a single hit as a result of enemy action!"

New York, N.Y., Kensington Publishing:1980 (paperback)

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