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Aviation
Fire
in the Sky : The Air War in the South Pacific, by Eric M. Bergerud
Fateful Rendezvous : The Life of Butch O'Hare, by Steve Ewing
Black
Sheep: The Definitive Account of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War
II, by Bruce D. Gamble
The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign : Naval Fighter Combat from
August to November 1942, by John B. Lundstrom
B-29
Photo Combat Dairy : The Superfortress in WWII and Korea, by Chester
Marshall & Warren Thompson
Final
Assault on the Rising Sun : Combat Diaries of B-29 Air Crews over
Japan, by Chester Marshall
The
Forgotten Air Force : The Royal Air Force in the War Against Japan
1941-1945, by Henry Probert
Japanese
Army Air Force Aces 1937-45, by Henry Sakaida
Naval
South
Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella
Gulf, by Russell Sydnor Crenshaw
A
Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945, by Paul S.
Dull
Guadalcanal:
Decision at Sea: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nov. 13-15, 1942, by
Eric M. Hammel
Wahoo:
The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine, by Richard
O'Kane
Blood
on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War II, by Robert Parkin.
Covers, one ship at a time, each destroyer lost during the war and the
conditions surrounding the sinkings.
The
Ship that Held the Line : The USS Hornet and the First Year of the Pacific
War, by Lisle Abbott Rose
War
in the Boats: My World War II Submarine Battles, by William J. Ruhe
Red
Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher, by Peter Sasgen.
The
Last Big-Gun Naval Battle: The Battle of Surigao Strait, by Howard
Sauer
A
Glorious Way to Die: The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato, April
1945, by Russell Spur
In
Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis..., by Doug
Stanton
This compelling book does an excellent job of weaving together the
accounts of numerous eyewitnesses and survivors of the Indianapolis sinking. It
falls dramatically on its face when discussing anything which requires active
knowledge of military affairs or period events. The author is quite obviously
not a historian and it shows. His view of the war seems based on the people
he's spoken with, which leaves his text vulnerable to wildly inaccurate
declarations such as this comment regarding kamikaze pilots: "The pilots often
dressed in ceremonial robes and clutching dolls given to them by their
daughters, were relentless..." Pure circa 1945 propaganda. Enjoy the parts
which deal with eyewitness accounts, but otherwise read with caution.
Grave
of a Dozen Schemes: British Naval Planning and the War Against Japan,
1943-1945, by H. P. Willmott
The
Fleet the Gods Forgot: The U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II, by W.G.
Winslow
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