I. Introduction -- II. Reporting abroad at Harvard -- III. Desk-bound in the Bureau of Aeronautics -- IV. Serving on Admiral Towers' and Admiral Nimitz' staffs -- V. Learning radar and fighter direction -- VI. Carrier duty at last! -- VII. Shaking down the Langley -- VIII. Return to Pearl Harbor -- IX. The capture of Kwajalein, Majuro and Eniwetok -- X. Espiritu Santo and the first strikes on P…
"The ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the U.S. victory over Japan in the second World War. The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft technicians were available to support the high tempo of a…
"This is the narrative of the American Navy in the Atlantic from the days of neutrality patrol to the crossing of the Rhine. Now the complete story can be told of duty in the frigid waters off Iceland and Greenland, the 'Killer Groups' in the action that destroyed Germany's U-boat power, and the great, amphibious landings in Africa, Sicily and Italy, Normandy, and Southern France. This volume t…
Here for the first time is the definitive history of the submarine war against Japan -- the ONLY full-scale submarine war the United States ever fought -- which has for the most part been shrouded in secrecy for three decades. Only recently have the codebreakers who played such a pivotal role in the submarine war been willing to talk about their work. And only recently have the private papers, …
"This book has been written in the hope of bringing the exploits of the United States Navy in World War II to the attention of new readers. I have not attempted a uniform condensation of the fifteen previous volumes I have written, but rather to select the most important battles and campaigns."