naval operations, american

An account of aircraft carrier activity during World War II, focusing on the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Marianas.

Presents a detailed and scrupulously accurate history of carrier-based air warfare in the Pacific. Using both American and Japanese sources, military historian John B. Lundstrom writes from the viewpoint of the pilots (he interviewed fifty airmen from each side) and chronicles some of the most exciting aerial engagements of the war showing how innovations in fighter tactics and gunnery techniques were a primary reason for the reversal of American fortunes.

Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima and discusses the heroic struggles of sailors who survived the blast to stay alive in the sea for nearly five days before help arrived.

An account of the June, 1942, air battle between American and Japanese forces which proved a decisive defeat for the Japanese and the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

A detailed account of American and Japanese submarine operations in the Pacific during World War II.

Presents an overview of carrier aviation in 1964 and a definition of the rules of engagement in Vietnam for nine years.