Semper Fi in the sky: the marine air battles of World War II

Here, one of Americas most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S.

Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II.

These riveting accounts recreate conflicts ranging from the Marines gallant defense of Wake Island, where Captain Henry Baron Elrod destroyed two enemy planes before joining the fight on the ground, earning a posthumous Medal of Honor in the last-ditch attempt to stave off the Japanese, to the Battle of Midway and Guadalcanal.Running the gamut from Second Lieutenant Alvin Jensens single-handed destruction of twenty-four grounded Japanese aircraft on Kahili to Lieutenant John W.

Leapers sawing off a Kamikazes tail with his propeller over Okinawa, these thrilling oral histories of the Pacific wars air battles bring them to life in all their terror and triumph.From the Trade Paperback edition.